By 1:40 a.m. Friday, the lava fountains erupting from the volcano's north vent were reaching heights of over 1,000 feet, the observatory said. That intensity overlapped with an increase in seismic ...

A bomb detonates on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, near the 8,500-foot-elevation source of the lava flow. Army Air Corps/11th Photo Section Pilots are advised to avoid volcanic eruptions, but in 1935 ...

In this regard, 1868 was a little different at Mauna Loa, because the volume of the Southwest Rift Zone lava flow has only been estimated at 32 billion gallons (120 million cubic meters), less ...

The film documents the spectacular volcanic eruptions in Hawaii, particularly focusing on the 1955 eruption in the Puna District and subsequent events. It highlights the power of nature, as lava ...

A small fountain can be seen in the south side with a small lava flow emerging, the observatory said. Each episode since Dec. 23 has continued for 13 hours to eight days, the observatory said.

It resumed Wednesday morning as a “small sluggish lava flow,” and then increased into a fountain that appeared to be 200 feet (60 meters) high, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

Spectators watch the lava flow down the mountain from the Mauna Loa eruption, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Credit: AP/Marco Garcia The last time Mauna Loa erupted was in 1984.

In 2018, more than 600 properties were destroyed by heavy lava flow that stretched from the Kilauea summit to the ocean. Hawaii Kilauea Eruption is seen on the Big Island on Sept. 18, 2024.

During the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption, HVO was preparing to release a web map very similar to the present one, but the eruption ended before it could be rolled out. Still, map data were provided to the ...

Many attempts to divert lava have failed, however. Barriers built in Italy to stop Mt. Etna’s lava flows in 1992 slowed the flow, but the lava eventually overtopped each one.