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

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 …

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10 months, 2 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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2 years ago

Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway

Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. Hawaii County Councilor Susan “Sue” L. K. Lee Loy, who represents Hilo and parts of Puna, said she’s concerned about big rigs …

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2 years ago

Lava from Mauna Loa threatens main highway on Hawaii’s Big Island

LA Times

A man talks on a phone in his car alongside Saddle Road as the Mauna Loa volcano erupts Wednesday near Hilo, Hawaii. Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. Hawaii County Councilwoman …

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2 years ago

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect

Associated Press

HONOLULU — When Willette Kalaokahaku Akima-Akau looks out at the the lava flowing from Mauna Loa volcano and makes an offering of gin, tobacco and coins, she will be taking part in a tradition passed down from her grandfather and other Native Hawaiians as a way to honor both the natural and spiritual worlds. “A volcanic eruption is a physical …

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2 years ago

Hawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season

Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii — The spectacle of incandescent lava spewing from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has drawn thousands of visitors and is turning into a tourism boon for this Big Island town near the world’s largest volcano. “We’re sold out until after Christmas.” She attributed the increase to people wanting to watch the rivers of bright orange molten rock gush from Mauna …

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2 years ago

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

The Hindu

Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii's volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. More than 50 years later, Thomas A. Jaggar, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, asked U.S. Army Air Services to send planes to bomb a Mauna Loa vent to disrupt lava channels. Jagger …

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2 years ago

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Associated Press

Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Jagger said the bombing helped to “hasten the end of the flow,” but Howard Stearns, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist onboard the last bombing run, was doubtful. In his 1983 autobiography, he wrote: “I …

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2 years 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. …

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2 years ago

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor and reflect

LA Times

Illona Ilae of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, leaves an offering in front an altar below the Mauna Loa volcano on Dec. 1, 2022. “A volcanic eruption is a physical manifestation of so many natural and spiritual forces for Hawaiians,” said Ilihia Gionson, a Hawaii Tourism Authority spokesperson who is Native Hawaiian and lives on the Big Island. “People who are unfamiliar with …

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2 years 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 …

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2 years ago

EXPLAINER: What hazards are posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?

Associated Press

HONOLULU — 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 18,000 cubic miles, making it the world’s largest volcano when measured from the ocean floor to its summit. Mauna Loa …

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2 years 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 …

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2 years ago

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

The Independent

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2 years 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 …

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2 years 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 …

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2 years, 1 month 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 …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Earthquake at underwater Hawaii volcano shakes Big Island

Associated Press

HONOLULU — An earthquake at an active deep sea volcano off Hawaii shook the Big Island but didn’t appear to have any impact on other nearby volcanoes and no significant damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the magnitude-4.0 quake Wednesday night was located under Loihi seamount, about 20 miles southwest of the Island of Hawaii, …

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3 years, 6 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 …

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

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

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end

Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway

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

Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway

Lava from Mauna Loa threatens main highway on Hawaii’s Big Island

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect

Hawaii eruption brings tourism boon during slow season

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

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

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor and reflect

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

EXPLAINER: What hazards are posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?

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

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

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

Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings

Hawaii’s Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Earthquake at underwater Hawaii volcano shakes Big Island

Hawaii officials want evacuation plan for Mauna Loa volcano