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The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa was an episode of eruptive volcanic activity at Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, located on Hawaiʻi island, Hawaiʻi. Mauna Loa began to erupt shortly before midnight HST on November 27, 2022, when lava flows emerged from fissure vents in Moku‘āweoweo (Mauna Loa's summit caldera ).
It was the first eruption since 1984, according to its Hawaii Volcano Observatory daily update. The eruption began in Moku‘āweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, inside Hawaii Volcanoes ...
These eruptions have taken place from the main caldera and fissures along rift zones. They are generally fluid ( VEI -0) Hawaiian eruptions but more violent eruptions have occurred throughout Mauna Loa's eruptive history, with the largest recorded explosive eruptions having taken place in the 19th century.
Lava from Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, continues to ooze towards a major highway on Hawaii’s Big Island, though officials still say populated areas aren’t at risk.
Lava from Mauna Loa, which began erupting Nov. 27 after being quiet for 38 years, was 1.76 miles (2.83 kilometers) from Saddle Road, also known as Route 200 or Daniel K. Inouye Highway, the U.S ...
Lava flows from the Mauna Loa eruption moved north towards the Daniel K Inouye Highway, also known as Saddle Road, on Wednesday, November 30, the USGS said.In their latest update, the service said ...
Now that the world’s largest active volcano erupted for the first time since 1984, officials expect crowds to flood to Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park in hopes of witnessing the historic event.
Mauna Loa is a shield volcano with relatively gentle slopes, and a volume estimated at 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km 3), [5] although its peak is about 125 feet (38 m) lower than that of its neighbor, Mauna Kea. [6] Lava eruptions from Mauna Loa are silica-poor and very fluid, and tend to be non-explosive.