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 ...

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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 ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater has been going on for more than 3 months now, with 16 eruptive ...

Once a week or so, one of them takes a short helicopter ride to the northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano – necessary because in 2022 an eruption buried more than a mile of the road in 30 feet ...

Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park offers an unforgettable outdoor adventure. Home to two active volcanoes, seeing these ...

The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022. Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea's sporadic eruption ...

Sulfur dioxide emission rates are elevated in the summit region during active eruption episodes. No unusual activity has been ...