World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other signs, and they warned residents on Hawaii's Big Island. “Volcanoes are tricky because we don’t get to watch directly what’s happening inside – we have to look for other signs," said Erik Klemetti Gonzalez, a volcano expert at Denison University, who was not involved in the study. Upswelling ground and increased earthquake activity near the volcano resulted from magma rising from lower levels of Earth’s crust to fill chambers beneath the volcano, said Kendra Lynn, a research geologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and co-author of a new study in Nature Communications. Scientists can't predict eruptions, but they can make a “forecast,” said Ben Andrews, who heads the global volcano program at the Smithsonian Institution and who was not involved in the study.

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting jets of lava into the sky
1 week, 5 days ago

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting jets of lava into the sky

Al Jazeera  

Lava continues to spew from one of the world’s most active volcanoes, days after the eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island began. The eruption, which began on Monday, has stayed within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Live images broadcast online by the United States Geological Survey showed a burst of lava spewing from the Halema’uma’u …

Stunning photos show lava erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
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1 week, 5 days ago

Stunning photos show lava erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — One of the world’s most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday. The eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has stayed within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Molten rock began shooting from the volcano before dawn on Monday when fissures opened in the caldera floor …

Stunning photos show lava erupting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano
1 week, 5 days ago

Stunning photos show lava erupting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

The Independent  

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World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other signs, and they warned residents on Hawaii’s Big Island. “Volcanoes are tricky because we don’t get to watch directly …

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island; no major damage reported
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island; no major damage reported

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves and cutting power in a nearby town but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. Helen Janiszewski, an assistant professor in the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Department of Earth Sciences, said …

Earthquakes raise alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. But any eruption is unlikely to threaten homes
11 months ago

Earthquakes raise alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. But any eruption is unlikely to threaten homes

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — A surge of earthquakes at Kilauea’s summit prompted scientists to raise the alert level for the Hawaiian volcano on Wednesday. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said it detected 25 to 30 small earthquakes per hour since 3 a.m. at the southern part of the volcano’s caldera. Previously, the designator for Kilauea was “advisory,” meaning the volcano was showing signs …

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for third time this year
1 year, 3 months ago

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for third time this year

Al Jazeera  

Local emergency management agency says eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island ‘does not pose a lava threat to communities’. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency wrote on social media that the eruption “does not pose a lava threat to communities”. Located in a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Big Island, well away from population centres, Kilauea is much smaller …

Hawaii volcano stops erupting, putting an end to stunning lava show
1 year, 6 months ago

Hawaii volcano stops erupting, putting an end to stunning lava show

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The nearly two-week eruption of a Hawaii volcano, one of the most active in the world, has come to a pause, scientists said. After a three-month hiatus, Kilauea began erupting again June 7 — displaying fountains of glowing red lava without threatening any communities or structures. Crowds of people flocked to the Big Island’s Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, …

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pause
1 year, 6 months ago

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pause

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerizing, glowing lava that’s a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island. “There’s no reason to expect this to transition into a rift eruption that would threaten any communities …

Scientists: Hawaii’s Kilauea not erupting, reversing warning
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists: Hawaii’s Kilauea not erupting, reversing warning

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s second-largest volcano is not erupting, scientists said in an update to a previous warning. The U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement late Saturday that seismic activity beneath the summit of Kilauea “has returned to background levels, ground deformation has stabilized, and no lava has been observed at the surface.” The statement cautioned “another intrusion or resumption …

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting
2 years ago

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes — one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial Big Island highway — have stopped erupting. “Kilauea is no longer erupting,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement Tuesday, followed by a separate one …

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease
2 years ago

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end. “We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, said during a …

Hawaii: Scientists lower alert for world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa, say eruption can end soon
2 years ago

Hawaii: Scientists lower alert for world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa, say eruption can end soon

Firstpost  

Mauna Loa began spewing molten rock on 27 November after being quiet for 38 years, drawing onlookers to take in the incandescent spectacle and setting some nerves on edge early on among people who’ve lived through destructive eruptions Honolulu: Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on …

Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end
2 years ago

Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain’s first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s northeast rift zone was continuing, but …

Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway
2 years ago

Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome reprieve for motorists who depend on the road. Mauna Loa was still erupting Thursday morning, but the lava that was feeding the flow heading toward the crucial …

Aerial images used to map lava from Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii
2 years ago

Aerial images used to map lava from Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii

ABC  

Scientists are using satellites and helicopters to map lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano, and say they're seeing the lava continue its slow progress across the Big Island. Aerial image of fissure 3 erupting on the north-east rift zone of Mauna Loa Officials were initially concerned that lava flowing down the side of the volcano would head toward the …

See the Mauna Loa volcano lava flow and track the air quality in Hawaii
2 years, 1 month ago

See the Mauna Loa volcano lava flow and track the air quality in Hawaii

CNN  

CNN — The lava spewing from the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii continues to flow. The historic lava flows have varied in size and direction, depending on the event, over the years: While the latest eruption hasn’t threatened the island’s infrastructure, it has raised concerns about air quality both for local residents and those living downwind across the Pacific Ocean. …

AP PHOTOS: Spectacular eruption of world’s largest volcano
2 years, 1 month ago

AP PHOTOS: Spectacular eruption of world’s largest volcano

Associated Press  

HILO, Hawaii — The lava from the world’s largest volcano is so hot and bright that the sky has turned orange. Officials were initially concerned that the lava would head toward the community of South Kona, but instead it migrated to a rift zone which scientists said doesn’t threaten communities. Ken Hon, scientist in charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, …

Viewers flock to watch glowing lava ooze from Hawaii volcano
2 years, 1 month ago

Viewers flock to watch glowing lava ooze from Hawaii volcano

Associated Press  

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — The world’s largest volcano oozed rivers of glowing lava Wednesday, drawing thousands of awestruck viewers who jammed a Hawaii highway that could soon be covered by the flow. Ken Hon, scientist in charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said at current flow rate, the soonest the lava would get to the road is two days, but it …

Volcano knocks Mauna Loa carbon monitoring station offline
2 years, 1 month ago

Volcano knocks Mauna Loa carbon monitoring station offline

Associated Press  

The eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano has temporarily knocked off power to the world’s premier station that measures heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but officials Wednesday say it won’t be a problem. The federal government is looking for a temporary alternate site on the Hawaiian island and is contemplating flying a generator to the Mauna Loa observatory to …

Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers
2 years, 1 month ago

Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers

Associated Press  

HILO, Hawaii — The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among some Hawaii residents who have been through harrowing volcanic experiences in the past. “We’re thankful the lava flow is not affecting residential areas at …

Eruption of Mauna Loa ignites concern among residents — and curiosity among onlookers
2 years, 1 month ago

Eruption of Mauna Loa ignites concern among residents — and curiosity among onlookers

LA Times  

Spectators watch lava flow from down from Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii on Tuesday. “We’re thankful the lava flow is not affecting residential areas at this time, allowing schools and businesses to remain open,” he said in a statement. “I’m issuing this Emergency Proclamation now to allow responders to respond quickly or limit access, if necessary, as …

Hawaii: Eruption of Mauna Loa spurs warning for people to prepare in case of worst-case scenario
2 years, 1 month ago

Hawaii: Eruption of Mauna Loa spurs warning for people to prepare in case of worst-case scenario

Firstpost  

The eruption began late Sunday night following a series of fairly large earthquakes, said Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be …

Explainer: Is the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii dangerous?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explainer: Is the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii dangerous?

Al Jazeera  

No evacuation orders have been issued as Hawaii’s Big Island experiences earthquakes, lava flows and volcanic gas. Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. Mauna Loa’s volume is estimated to be at least 75,000sq km, making it the …

Mauna Loa volcano eruption: World’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii
2 years, 1 month ago

Mauna Loa volcano eruption: World’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii

The Independent  

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World’s largest volcano, Muana Lao, erupts for the first time in decades
2 years, 1 month ago

World’s largest volcano, Muana Lao, erupts for the first time in decades

The Hindu  

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, the U.S. authorities said, as emergency crews went on alert early Monday. Flows of lava remained “contained” within the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, but the eruption could pose a threat to nearby residents should conditions change, the United States …

WATCH: World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii
2 years, 1 month ago

WATCH: World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii

Firstpost  

Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It last erupted in 1984 Honolulu: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities …

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings
2 years, 1 month ago

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings

Associated Press  

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Waves of orange, glowing lava and ash blasted and billowed from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario. The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn’t immediately endangering towns, but the U.S. Geological Survey warned …

World’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupts
2 years, 1 month ago

World’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupts

LA Times  

In this aerial photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, Mauna Loa volcano is seen erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift Zone on the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday. Waves of glowing orange lava and smoky ash erupted Monday from the world’s largest active volcano, and people living on Hawaii’s Big Island were warned to be ready should …

Hawaii volcano, world’s largest, erupts for first time in decades
2 years, 1 month ago

Hawaii volcano, world’s largest, erupts for first time in decades

Al Jazeera  

Mauna Loa on the Big Island in the archipelago, began erupting late Sunday, putting emergency crews on alert. Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has erupted for the first time in nearly four decades, causing volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities say. Flows of lava remained contained within the summit caldera of Mauna Loa in the …

EXPLAINER: Where will Hawaii’s biggest volcano erupt from?
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where will Hawaii’s biggest volcano erupt from?

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Frank Trusdell, research geologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, said data indicates that Mauna Loa has a much larger magma reservoir than Kilauea, which may allow it to hold …

Hawaii’s Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles
2 years, 2 months ago

Hawaii’s Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt. More than 220 people attended a community meeting last weekend that county civil defense officials held in Ocean View, a neighborhood that lava could reach in hours if molten rock erupts through vents on …

5.0 earthquake hits during Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano unrest
2 years, 2 months ago

5.0 earthquake hits during Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano unrest

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened unrest.” Smaller aftershocks followed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “Shaking from the larger earthquakes may have been strong enough to do minor …

Series of earthquakes rattle Hawaii amid Mauna Loa volcano unrest
2 years, 2 months ago

Series of earthquakes rattle Hawaii amid Mauna Loa volcano unrest

Al Jazeera  

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet and is in a “state of heightened unrest”, scientists say. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that have struck Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet, which scientists say is in a “state of heightened unrest”. A series of earthquakes on …

‘Unrest’ on Hawaii volcano, no signs of imminent eruption
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Unrest’ on Hawaii volcano, no signs of imminent eruption

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet, is in a “state of heightened unrest,” but is not erupting and there are no signs of an imminent eruption, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in an update Friday. Earlier this week, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park closed the Mauna Loa summit backcountry until further notice, calling it a “precautionary …

Hawaii officials want evacuation plan for Mauna Loa volcano
3 years, 7 months ago

Hawaii officials want evacuation plan for Mauna Loa volcano

Associated Press  

HILO, Hawaii — Hawaii is creating an emergency evacuation plan for the Big Island in preparation for the next eruption of the largest active volcano on Earth. A state Senate resolution adopted in March asks the state’s emergency management division to develop evacuation plans for impact zones around Mauna Loa volcano, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Monday. Puna Sen. Joy San …

Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii
4 years ago

Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii

The Independent  

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Fire on the mountain: Massive volcano Stromboli explodes in biggest eruption since 2007
5 years, 6 months ago

Fire on the mountain: Massive volcano Stromboli explodes in biggest eruption since 2007

Firstpost  

The volcano is known as ’the lighthouse of the Mediterranean’ for its frequent & bright nighttime eruptions. Paroxysmal explosion at #Stromboli, largest since at least 2007. https://t.co/qTimE7gTJt — Boris Behncke July 3, 2019 Firefighters deployed to put out the fires in the area near — much of which erupted in the tiny Italian island of Stromboli — also managed to …

Alert level increased at world’s largest volcano in Hawaii
5 years, 6 months ago

Alert level increased at world’s largest volcano in Hawaii

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Federal officials raised the alert level Tuesday for the world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984. An eruption is not imminent, but scientists are closely monitoring Mauna Loa because of its reputation for “evolving very quickly” and sending lava far and wide, USGS research geophysicist Ingrid Johanson told The Associated Press in a …

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