After its eruption began on November 27, Mauna Loa was shooting jets of lava for days. This was the first time in nearly 40 years that two volcanoes on Hawaii Island erupted simultaneously.

The collapse volume at the summit nearly matched the effused lava volume on the rift zone. In this regard, 1868 was a little ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Mauna Loa, one of the world's largest active volcanoes, is erupting for the first time in 38 years on Hawaii's Big Island. The eruption began in ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world's largest active ...

Scientists lower Mauna Loa alert level, say eruption could end soon Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and ...

In addition to the Mauna Loa, the world is on alert for other possible volcano eruptions in Russia, Chile, and El Salvador are also watching two volcanoes closely. Indonesia and Japan, which ...

Kilauea is one of five active volcanoes in Hawaii. The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022.

These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads and hardens over a wider area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a shield volcano. I’m in Italy visiting a very ...