Elevated seismic activity has caused Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park to close the Mauna Loa summit backcountry until further notice, the park announced this week.

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano is seen in images taken Oct. 28, 2022. USGS Mauna Loa is now active, photos show. USGS “Winds may carry volcanic gas and possibly fine ash and ...

Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984. Its smaller, more active neighbor, Kilauea volcano, has been erupting continuously for more than a year since September 2021.

About two weeks after Earth’s largest active volcano began erupting, Mauna Loa has gone quiet. So, too, has Kilauea, its smaller neighbor on Hawaii’s Big Island, which had been erupting almost ...

And then, Tiegen was among 50 or so people who bundled up along Mauna Kea’s slopes Friday to see lava flowing down Mauna Loa, “peeking through swiftly moving cloud banks,” he said in a text ...

Mauna Loa last erupted on March 25 to April 15, 1984. This followed nearly two years of increased seismic activity. The eruption began quite suddenly, according to the USGS.

Lava flow from Mauna Loa’s eruption, which began on Nov. 27, posed little danger to the surrounding communities, stalling about 1.7 miles from Daniel K. Inouye Highway. As such, it became an ...

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 ...

The largest volcano in the world, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, has been erupting for 48 hours.The USGS announced the eruption at 11:30 p.m. HST on November 27 and lava is now flowing towards the northeast ...

Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is sending signals that it might erupt as it is in a state of heightened unrest, according to Hawaii officials.

Mauna Loa's eruption has spiritual meaning for many Native Hawaiians, including its representation of the goddess Pele. Some found other events coinciding with the eruption to be a sign. Hawaiians ...