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Activity area Eruption name 0 November 27, 2022 () December 13, 2022: Mokuʻāweoweo and Northeast Rift Zone: 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa: 0 March 25, 1984 () April 15, 1984 () Mokuʻāweoweo, Southwest and Northeast rift zones: 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa: 0 July 5, 1975 () July 6, 1975 ()
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]
Dec. 4—Related Photo Gallery: Mauna Loa lava flow slows but fissure still active Editor's Note: Bookmark this page! This story is developing and will be updated as soon as more information ...
That being said, historically, "the early stages of a Mauna Loa rift zone eruption can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly," according to the USGS ...
The world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, erupted late Sunday night after laying dormant for nearly 40 years, the U.S. Geological Service's (USGS) volcanic activity service reported. As a ...
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Mauna Loa is erupting for first time in nearly 40 years, rising ashfall concerns. Lava flows may follow.
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 ).