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A symposium will be held this week on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, Campus Center Rooms 306 and 307...

This week marks the anniversary of one of the largest of Mauna Loa's historic eruptions. On June 1, 1950, the last great eruption of Mauna Loa began...

This Thursday marks the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the last eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, following a nine-year period of quiescence.

In February 1877, an unusual eruption occurred on Mauna Loa Volcano. Part of the eruption was submarine, and the eruptive fissure was neither at the...

Earthquake activity this past week was considerably reduced from the high levels recorded the previous week. Three earthquakes occurred that had...

On Thursday an explosion in the crater of Galeras Volcano in Colombia killed six volcanologists attending an international workshop attended by more...

One of the main impediments to predicting the future behavior of Kīlauea and especially Mauna Loa Volcanoes is the short historical record of each...

Over the years, scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have developed good techniques for short-term eruption predictions (a few hours to a...

The internal workings of Mauna Loa Volcano will be probed from space starting this week by a satellite system designed to track military vehicles...

Photos from the Mauna Loa 1975 eruption.