The pause in Mauna Loa and Kilauea’s eruptions highlights broader challenges experts face in understanding when and why volcanoes erupt and when they calm. December 13, 2022. 5 min.

Mauna Loa, the world's largest volcano, began spewing molten rock Nov. 27 after being quiet for 38 years. Lava-viewers enjoyed the rare marvel of being able to see Kilauea erupting at the same time.

Weeks after Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in decades, neighboring volcano Kilauea is showing activity again after a brief pause, according to officials. CNN values your feedback 1.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — After a historic two eruption event on the Big Island, the USGS lowered the alert level for both Kilauea and Mauna Loa from Watch to Advisory, after the agency said both ...

Kilauea, a much smaller volcano sitting on Mauna Loa’s southeastern side, has been erupting since September 2021, though its lava is confined to its crater, according to the US Geological Survey.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa ...

Mauna Loa, rising 4,169 metres above sea level, is the much larger neighbour to the Kilauea volcano, which erupted in a residential neighbourhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018.

Previous activity is also a factor scientists are considering. “Typically, Mauna Loa eruptions start off with their heaviest eruption first, and then after a few days, it starts to calm down a ...

Mauna Loa is not exploding like Washington state's Mount St. Helens did in 1980, killing 57 people. That eruption sent ash soaring over 80,000 feet (24,384 meters) and raining down as far as 250 ...

Mauna Loa's eruptions differ from Kilauea's in part because it is taller. It's greater height gives it steeper slopes, which allow lava to rush down its hillsides faster than Kilauea's.

Kilauea, which is considered to be Mauna Loa's smaller counterpart, had been erupting since September 2021 and its lava supply halted on Dec. 9, USGS said.

Kilauea, which is considered to be Mauna Loa's smaller counterpart, had been erupting since September 2021 and its lava supply halted on Dec. 9, USGS said.