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A river of lava flows down from Mauna Loa, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted Monday for the first time in 38 years.
Mauna Loa’s new eruption brings the number of volcanoes actively emitting lava on the Big Island to two; Kilauea Volcano has been erupting since Sept. 29, 2021, with lava confined to the summit ...
A river of lava flows down from Mauna Loa, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted Monday for the first time in 38 years.
Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano is continuing to erupt, but scientists say the lava flows have been slowing down as they reach relatively flat areas around the rumbling mountain.
Mauna Loa has erupted 33 times since historic records began, most recently in 1984, Johnson said. "The 1984 eruption produced a lava flow that got within about 7 km of Hilo, the largest population ...
US Hawaii's Mauna Loa: Aerial video shows lava flow from summit, as historic eruption draws tourists World’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is erupting for first time in nearly 40 years ...
Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano—standing at more than 13,000 feet above sea level—had not erupted since 1984. ... Mauna Loa Lava Flow Eruption Map as Active Volcano Bursts to Life.
The eruption from Mauna Loa’s Northeast Rift Zone continues with one active fissure — Fissure No. 3 — feeding a lava flow downslope, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Kilauea has been erupting since September 2021, and almost continuously over the past 40 years, but produces a smaller flow of lava than Mauna Loa. Advertisement.
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.