#Mauna Loa Fissure 3

Inflation at Mauna Loa recorded despite inactive flow field

Incandescence was restricted to the fissure 3 lava cone at Mauna Loa over the weekend, with no observable activity on the rest of the flow field Sunday.  

Cone 157 feet high develops at Mauna Loa’s fissure 3; caution urged on DKI Highway

Around fissure 3, a cone is developing, measured as approximately 157 high. The HVO reports that the flow front was about 2.5 mi from the Daniel K. Inouye Highway and was advancing at a rate of 40 feet per hour at last report.