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The Science Behind Islands That Appear Overnight - From Volcanologists

The emergence of a 'ghost island' in November of 2024 was caused by submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank, which likely emerged sometime between January 30th and February 4th, 2023, according to ...
Big Island Now

Volcano Watch: New ‘Is Tephra Falling?’ citizen science tool launched in Hawaiʻi

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...
West Hawaii Today

Volcano Watch: The Island of Hawaiʻi Interagency Operations Plan for Volcanic Eruptions

Last month, the Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adopted the Island of Hawai‘i Interagency Operations ...
Penn Live

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island; no tsunami expected

HONOLULU — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves and cutting power in a nearby town but ...
The Denver Post

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island; no major damage reported

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER (Associated Press) HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on ...