This preliminary diagram from USGS shows the location of the three fissures from which the lava is flowing in the Mauna Loa eruption. (Courtesy USGS) There is low fountaining, around 100 to 200 feet.

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 ...

From a deep fracture in Mauna Loa’s dark terrain, the volcano’s magnificent eruption sends geyser-like fountains of lava spraying into the sky. The fissure – cracked open on the northeastern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The outline of the erupting Mauna Loa was obscured by a shroud of fog on Hawaii’s Big Island. But a streak of the red-hot innards of Planet Earth oozing down the mountainside in the distance ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...