Tag: Mauna Loa

Scientists Lower Alert for Mauna Loa, Say Eruption Could End

HONOLULU—Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain’s first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s northeast rift zone…


Scientists Say Eruption of Hawaii Volcano Continues to Ease

HONOLULU—The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end. “We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory,…


US Agency Issues ‘Code: RED’ Warning After Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Erupts for 1st Time in 40 Years

The largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time in decades and prompted a warning from the U.S. Geological Survey. Mauna Loa erupted at around 4:30 a.m. ET on Monday, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a recent alert. The eruption is the first since 1984. The USGS, which also tracks…


US Agency Issues ‘Code: RED’ Warning After Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Erupts

The largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time in decades and prompted a warning from the U.S. Geological Survey. Mauna Loa erupted at around 4:30 a.m. ET on Monday, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a recent alert. The eruption is the first since 1984. The USGS, which also tracks…


Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Erupts; US Agency Issues ‘Code: Red’ Warning

The world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time since 1984, which prompted a warning from the U.S. Geological Survey. Mauna Loa, located on the island of Hawaii, erupted at around 4:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Nov. 28, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a recent alert. The USGS, which…


5.0 Earthquake Hits During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest

HONOLULU—A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened unrest.” Smaller aftershocks followed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The series started with a 4.6 magnitude quake seconds before…