[Rockhounds] Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has erupted for the first
time in 38 years.

Dramatic US Geological Survey footage captured lava flows spewing at the
northwest rim of the Hawaiian volcano.

It comes more than 38 years after the shield volcano last erupted.

The volcano alert level has since been upgraded from “advisory” to a
“warning”, The US Sun
<https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20575366/mauna-loa-erupts-volcano-hawaii-lava/>
reported.

Officials have said that the eruption isn’t likely to threaten communities
at this stage.

But, they warned: “Based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa
eruption can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can
change rapidly.

“If the eruption remains in Moku’āweoweo, lava flows will most likely be
confined within the caldera walls.

“However, if the eruptive vents migrate outside its walls, lava flows may
move rapidly downslope.”

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