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The largest active volcano in the world, Mauna Loa, is erupting after 38 years. This is how the eruption might affect travel plans to Hawaii.
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).
This is a list of volcanic eruptions from Mauna Loa, an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands that last erupted in 2022. These eruptions have taken place from the main caldera and fissures along rift zones.
Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's underlying mantle. [10] The Hawaii island volcanoes are the most recent evidence of this process that, over 70 million years, has created the 3,700 mi (6,000 km)-long Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. [11]
The scientific community is abuzz following the first eruption of Mauna Loa—the world’s largest volcano, situated on the Island of Hawaii—since 1984. The eruption occurred just before ...
The first eruption in 38 years of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is drawing visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is open 24 hours a day. “The viewing has been ...
The eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is "confined to the summit" and is not threatening downhill communities, according to the USGS. ... Mauna Loa, erupted late Sunday night after laying ...
Following the eruption of the world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, in Hawaii earlier this week, officials say the lava flows are moving towards a main highway on the island, prompting fears.