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24 de abr. de 2017 · Since Mauna Loa is an active volcano, it is still adding to the island of Hawaii's land. Nearly all of Mauna Loa's surface is less than 10,000 years old. About 40 percent of it is less than 1,000 years old. When the volcano erupts, it is capable of sending forth a large volume of lava in a short amount of time.
10 de dic. de 2022 · Mauna Loa Volcano. Most recent eruption November 27 - December 10, 2022. Mauna Loa Volcano spans a width of 75 miles (120 kilometers) across Hawaii’s Big Island. Making up approximately one-half of the entire Big Island, Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on earth. With more than 10,000 cubic miles of rock, it has a volume 100 times ...
29 de nov. de 2022 · From top to bottom, the Mauna Loa measures 10.5 miles high. Like Hawaii’s other volcanos , it is fed by a plume of hot material that rises through Earth’s mantle under the Hawaiian Islands.
23 de nov. de 2023 · The 1950 eruption lasted for 23 days. It erupted 376 million cubic meters (492 million cubic yards) of lava, the largest outpouring of lava from the southwest rift zone of Mauna Loa since written records have been kept. This is equivalent to about 3.5-4 year's output form the 1983–2018 Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption of Kīlauea.
28 de nov. de 2022 · Mauna Loa holds the title as the world’s largest active volcano. Mauna Loa has an elevation of 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above sea level with an additional depth of 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) below sea level. Much of Mauna Loa is submerged beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The weight of Mauna Loa further depresses the seafloor 26,250 ...
26 de nov. de 2023 · The Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa that began the evening of November 27, 2022. Only incandescence was observed within fissure 3 overnight. This morning, field crews heard small explosions accompanied by sprays of spatter from the west end of the fissure 3 vent. The channels below the vent appear drained of lava and no longer feed ...
2 de dic. de 2022 · But, the lava flow from the Mauna Loa is gradually moving closer to the Daniel K. Inouye Highway. As of Saturday morning, the lava flow had showed little change from a day prior and was about 2.5 ...
