#mauna loa update

HVO live stream video of fissure 3 at Mauna Loa shows 130 foot lava fountain

Visitors continue to flock to Mauna Loa where a fissure is sending a fountain of lava about 130 feet into the air.

After one week, Mauna Loa has a single active fissure; continues slow advance

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the lava continued to advance at a rate of about 40 feet per hour. “Though the advance rate has slowed over the past 24 hours, the lava flow remains active,” according to HVO scientists.

Volcano Watch: Mauna Loa Reawakens

At 10:45 p.m. Sunday evening, Nov. 27, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists were alerted to an earthquake swarm beneath Mauna Loa. Before an hour had gone by, lava had broken the surface within Moku‘āweoweo, the summit caldera, for the first time in 38 years.  

Danish Scientist Joins Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Dr. Johanne (Jo) Schmith joined the ranks of the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) in June to study some deposits of past Kīlauea explosions—a timely endeavor given the presence of water in the caldera today.

Geologist Discusses ʻDisturbing Lack of Diversity in Scienceʻ

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article is by HVO geophysicist Jefferson Chang.