Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano begins eruption, alert level raised – USGS

Nov 28 (Reuters) – An eruption started within the summit caldera of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest energetic volcano, on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Service’s (USGS) volcanic exercise service mentioned.

“At the moment, lava flows are contained throughout the summit space and will not be threatening downslope communities,” the notification mentioned.

Nonetheless, the notification warned, primarily based on earlier occasions, that the early eruption levels of this volcano will be very dynamic and the placement and advance of lava flows can change quickly.

The volcano alert degree was upgraded from an “advisory” to a “warning.”

The notification added that the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) would conduct aerial reconnaissance as quickly as potential to evaluate hazards and higher describe the eruption.

Over a dozen earthquakes of greater than 2.5 magnitude struck the area within the final two hours, in keeping with the USGS, with one measuring 4.2 in magnitude.

Mauna Loa, which takes up greater than half of the Large Island in Hawaii, and rises 13,679 ft (4,169 meters) above the Pacific Ocean, final erupted in March and April of 1984, sending a move of lava inside 5 miles (8.05 km) of the town of Hilo.

Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Modifying by Toby Chopra

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