Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted on Sunday night in Hawaii, prompting the US Geological Survey’s Volcanic Activity Service (USGG) to issue a red alert for the island’s population.
The communities on the flanks of the volcano are not at risk as lava flows are in the summit area, the USGG said in a statement. However, the Geological Survey warned that the first stages of this volcano’s eruption could be very dynamic, and the location and progression of lava flows could change rapidly.
The USGG statement also said the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory will conduct aerial reconnaissance of the volcano as soon as possible to assess the hazard and better describe the eruption.
Over the past two hours, the region has experienced 12 more earthquakes of magnitude over 2.5 on the Richter scale, with one of them reaching 4.2.
The Mauna Loa volcano, over 4000 meters high, occupies more than half of the Big Island in Hawaii, last erupted in March and April 1984.
Webcam image of the summit of Mauna Loa taken at 11:46 p.m. PST.
Volcano webcams can be found at https://t.co/Vb49rS11OH. pic.twitter.com/BDNWWT3kjH
— USGS Volcanoes (@USGSVolcanoes) November 28, 2022
Thermal image of the Mauna Loa eruption taken at midnight Standard Standard Time.
Informational statement at https://t.co/o5T7dc62Ls. pic.twitter.com/lV1cdOKPqm
— USGS Volcanoes (@USGSVolcanoes) November 28, 2022
Author: Reuters
Source: CM Jornal
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