Mauna Loa volcano (Hawai'i): volcano remains calm
Sun, 17 Nov 2019, 19:12 | BY: MATTHEW
Mauna Loa caldera, image captured from HVO's MLcam (C) U.S. Geological Survey
HVO have detected around 180 earthquakes (nearly all of them below M2.0), beneath the upper regions of the volcano. Most of these earthquakes originated less than 5 km below sea level.
Continued inflation of the volcano summit is interpreted by HVO as continued magma supply to Mauna Loa's shallow storage system. No eruption imminent.
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