When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have ...

The Associated Press In this aerial photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Mauna Loa volcano is seen erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift Zone on the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday.

However, if extreme adventuring is your thing, you may want to consider hiking the slopes of the Big Island's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world. It was quiet from 1984 through ...

its eruptive activity was nearly continuous along the volcano’s east rift zone. The summit eruption began within Halema’uma’u Crater in September 2021. More facts about Mauna Loa Mauna Loa ...

Kilauea and Mauna Loa each have two major rift zones that radiate away from the volcano summits, and rift zone eruptions are common. Mauna Loa’s 2022 eruption, and Kilauea’s 1983–2018 Pu‘u ...