Maunaloa volcano, Big Island, Hawai'i: news & activity updates

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Mauna Loa volcano (Hawai'i): unrest ends for now, alert back to "normal"

Fri, 22 Jun 2018, 06:30

Volcanic unrest at the volcano has ceased (at least for now), and the volcano observatory lowered the alert level of the volcano back to "normal" (green): Read all

Mauna Loa volcano (Hawaiian Islands, USA) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 20 June-26 June 2018 (Continuing Activity)

Wed, 20 Jun 2018, 06:00

On 21 June HVO reported that seismicity and deformation at Mauna Loa had been at near-background levels for at least the previous six months. The Aviation Color Code was lowered to Green and the Volcano Alert Level was lowered to Normal. During 2014 through most of 2017 seismicity was variable but elevated, and ground deformation was consistent with an influx of magma in the shallow reservoir. Read all

Maunaloa volcano

Shield volcano 4170 m / 13,681 ft
Big Island, Hawai'i, 19.48°N / -155.61°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

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Maunaloa volcano eruptions:
1832, 1843, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1855-56, 1859, 1865-66, 1868, 1870(?), 1871, 1872, 1873, 1873-74, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1880-81, 1887, 1892, 1896, 1899, 1903, 1907, 1914-15, 1916, 1919, 1926, 1933, 1935-36, 1940, 1950, 1975, 1984, 2022 (Nov-ongoing)
Typical eruption style
Dominantly effusive.

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