The collapse volume at the summit nearly matched the effused lava volume on the rift zone. In this regard, 1868 was a little ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How ...

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 been the ...

Still, there seems to be enough evidence that some sort of collapse occurred at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, which remains notable as the only such event in the volcano’s documented history.

Geologists say Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode ...

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano in the world, which exceeds every peak in the Hawaiian topography as a constant gauge of untamed natural strength. This supervolcano reaches a height of 4,170 ...

Once a week or so, one of them takes a short helicopter ride to the northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano – necessary because in 2022 an eruption buried more than a mile of the road in 30 feet ...

The film explores the cultural significance of the volcanoes, particularly the reverence for Pele, the fire goddess. It details the physical characteristics of the eruptions, including lava ...

The largest of the state's six active volcanoes is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and erupted in 2022. This photo provided by Janice Wei shows Candi Hololio Johnson, left, and Kim ...