U..S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Honolulu, HAWAII — It's been one year since Taʻu volcano in American Samoa started shaking residents of the Manuʻa Islands (Ofu-Olosega and Ta‘u Islands). Fortunately, there have been no additional earthquakes since the volcanic unrest ended last October. This month, USGS staff will be returning to...

![Map of the American Samoa volcano-monitoring network (top). Data from Wake Island hydrograph (located about 4,500 km, or 2,900 miles, northwest of Taʻū Island) shows the general trend in the number of events during the 2022 earthquake swarm (bottom left). Locations for larger earthquakes (M2.5 and greater) are available starting August 20, 2022 (bottom right). See larger version at end of story. [USGS National Earthquake Information Center] USGS graphics](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/topography_manua_islands.jpg?itok=Jp-kgsDL)