Mauna Loa

World's largest active volcano spews ash and debris but lava flows contained within summit area, US Geological Survey says.

The mountain, which is taller than Mount Everest measured from seafloor to summit, erupted Sunday. Its lava appears to be contained, but scientists say the ...

Warnings are issued for volcanic ash and gas after an increase in quakes which have shaken the Big Island.

"Based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly," the USGS ...

The mountain, which is taller than Mount Everest measured from seafloor to summit, erupted Sunday. Its lava appears to be contained, but scientists say the ...

"Based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly," the USGS ...

For now, the eruption does not threaten any populated areas, but scientists continue to closely monitor the largest active volcano in the world.

The US Geological Survey has warned people living on the Big Island that an eruption "can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can ...

For the first time in a generation, lava began flowing from Mauna Loa at the heart of Hawaii's Big Island late Sunday. No one knows when it will stop, ...

The lava flow has so far dodged populous areas on the island's east and west shorelines, although residents are being advised to stay inside and avoid ...

Lava, volcanic gas and smog are the main hazards from eruption of the world's largest active volcano.

Volcanologists have the first opportunity in nearly four decades to examine and measure an event of this magnitude at the largest volcano in the world.

The Mauna Loa Observatory has kept a nearly uninterrupted record of atmospheric carbon dioxide for more than 60 years, but a volcanic eruption has cut off ...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov. 27 for the first time in nearly four decades. Here are some facts about the volcano:

Some residents chose to stay in a shelter after the volcanic eruption on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of mandatory evacuations.

It's a big eruption, and it's in a bad place,” geoscientist Ralph Keeling says of the impact on long-running monitoring of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.