Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata te wā e whai ake nei o te hītori o Kīlauea i te whakatūnga o te Hawaiian Volcano Observatory i te taha o te puia i te tau 1912. Ko te whakaurunga pumau tuatahi o taua momo i te United States, ko te tirohanga ko te whakaaro o Thomas Jaggar, te upoko o te matawhenua i te Massachusetts Institute of Technology; i muri i te kitenga i te whakangaromanga o te
1908 Messina earthquake near Mount Etna in Italy, i kii ia me mahi tetahi mea hei tautoko i te rangahau puia me te wiri, ka kowhiria a Kīlauea hei waahi mo te turanga tuatahi. Whai muri i te whakawhiwhinga moni tuatahi mai i te MIT me te Whare Wananga o Hawaii, ka riro a Jaggar hei kaiwhakahaere mo te whare tirotiro, ana, i te wa i waenga i te 1912 me te 1940, i arahi i te rangahau seismological me te tirotiro me te tirotiro i nga puia kaha. Whai muri i te mutunga o te tahua tuatahi, ka utua te Observatory e te National Weather Service, te United States Geological Survey (USGS), me te National Park Service, i mua i te whakataunga ki te USGS, kei raro i te haki o te tirohanga mai i te 1947. E rua nga nekehanga o te whare matua mai i te whakaturanga, a i tenei ra kei te taha raki-raki o te caldera o Kīlauea.