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 …
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 …
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 …
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 square miles, making it the world’s largest volcano when measured from the ocean floor to its summit. Mauna Loa is not …
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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 …
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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