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. Covering half of the Island of ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano has been showing signs of heightened activity in recent weeks. The volcano ...

HONOLULU — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. For now, lava is not ...

A shower of ash and river of lava started spewing from the world’s largest active volcano late Sunday, as the towering peak of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in almost four ...

The last eruption of Mauna Loa occurred in 1984 and began in a style typical of the volcano. At 10:55 p.m. on March 24, 1984, the rate of earthquakes under Mauna Loa started to rapidly pick up.

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 biggest active volcano, became a spectacle for locals and tourists after it erupted recently for the first time in 38 years. By April Rubin Mauna Loa in Hawaii ...

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 active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has downgraded from a warning to a watch as scientists believe Mauna Loa's eruption is coming to an end. On Saturday, a bulletin from the U.S. Geological ...

Video above: Smoke plumes rise above Mauna Loa after volcanic eruptionThe world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.Though lava is flowing down ...

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.