Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Nguva inotevera munhoroondo yeKīlauea yakatanga pakagadzwa Hawaiian Volcano Observatory pamupendero wegomo racho muna 1912. Nzvimbo yokutarira yakatanga kuiswa muUnited States, yakatangwa naThomas Jaggar, mukuru wechikoro chegeology paMassachusetts Institute of Technology; pashure pokuona kuparadzwa kwakaitwa nzvimbo yacho neGreat
1908 Messina kudengenyeka kwepasi pedyo neGomo reEtna muItaly, akataura kuti chimwe chinhu chinofanira kuitwa kutsigira kudzidza kwakarongeka kwemakomo anoputika uye kudengenyeka, uye akasarudza Kīlauea senzvimbo yekutanga yakadaro. Pashure pokuwana mari yokutanga kubva kuMIT neYunivhesiti yeHawaii, Jaggar akatungamirira nzvimbo yokucherechedza uye, paaiva mukuru wayo pakati pa1912 na1940, akapayona pakudzidza kwenyika nokutarisa uye kucherechedza makomo anoputika. Pashure pokunge mari yokutanga yapera, Observatory yakatevedzana kutsigirwa neNational Weather Service, United States Geological Survey (USGS), uye National Park Service, vasati vagara paUSGS, pasi pemureza wayo iyo observatory yave ichishanda kubvira muna 1947. Chivako chikuru chakatamiswa kaviri kubva pakagadzwa, uye nhasi chakamiswa pamuganhu wokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweKīlauea's caldera.