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Tuesday, 29 November 2022

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Mauna Loa's eruption in Hawaii creates rare dual-eruption event with nearby volcano that's been erupting ...

The Citizens 29 Nov 2022

Fountains of lava as tall as 200 feet were flowing from Mauna Loa, the US Geological Survey said Monday evening, though most remained a few yards tall. The eruption is currently concentrated in Mauna Loa's Northeast Rift Zone, where lava is flowing from at least one split in the volcano, according to the US Geological Survey.

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Watch now: Erupting Mauna Loa spurs preparedness warning

Kingsport Times-News 29 Nov 2022

Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.” ... Geological Survey, Mauna Loa is seen erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift Zone on the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday ... U.S. Geological Survey via AP ... ....

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Hawaii's Mauna Loa — the world's largest active volcano — is erupting, triggering blood-red skies ...

Yahoo Daily News 29 Nov 2022

The north rim of the summit caldera of Mauna Loa volcano on November 28, 2022.Screengrab via US Geological Survey, Public Domain ... local time Sunday night in Mauna Loa's summit caldera, according to a United States Geological Survey statement ... US Geological Survey, Public Domain.

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is erupting for the first time since 1984

Egypt Independent 29 Nov 2022

Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the US Geological Survey said midday Monday ... Earthquake activity increased from five to 10 earthquakes a day since June 2022 to some 10 to 20 earthquakes a day in July and August, according to the US Geological Survey.

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Why Utah is updating its answers to common questions about the Great Salt Lake

Ogden Standard Examiner 29 Nov 2022

Geological Survey ... The Utah Geological Survey published a second edition of its "Commonly Asked Questions About Utah's Great Salt Lake And Ancient Lake Bonneville" this month, its first update of the booklet since it was first published in 1996.

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Hawaii's Mauna Loa erupts, officials warn people to prepare

Korea Times 29 Nov 2022

This aerial image released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) from Civil Air Patrol shows the lava on the northeast rift zone of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, Nov ... Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption ''can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.''.

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Mon. 9:28 a.m.: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

The Vindicator 29 Nov 2022

This image provided by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows a view from a research camera on the north rim of the summit caldera of the Mauna Loa volcano this morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island ... Geological Survey said ... NEWSLETTER ... .

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts, officials warn people to prepare

The Sharon Herald 29 Nov 2022

Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.” ... Geological Survey said that the eruption had migrated to a rift zone — a place where the mountain rock is cracked and relatively weak — making it easier for magma to emerge ... ....

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Erupting Hawaii volcano spurs warning for people to prepare

Jamaica Observer 29 Nov 2022

The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn’t immediately endangering towns, but the US Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.” ... The US Geological Survey said ...

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A guide to those volcanic terms: Pele's hair, caldera, volcanic ash -- learn what they mean

The Citizens 29 Nov 2022

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades ... Caldera ... Lava ... Lava moves as a fluid or viscous mass, says the US Geological Survey ... Lava flows ... Tephra is a catch-all term for all the fragments of rock that are ejected into the air by an erupting volcano, the geological survey says ... +5.

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Mauna Loa volcano Hawaii erupts for first time in nearly 40 years

The Buffalo News 29 Nov 2022

Mauna Loa, located on the Big Island of Hawaii, erupted for the first time in 38 years late Sunday night, following a series of striking eruptions in recent years of the smaller and nearby Kilauea volcano ... At 11.30 p.m ... Geological Survey ... People are also reading… ... "Conditions on the ground can change fairly quickly." ... Geological Survey ... ....

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Mauna Loa eruption spews lava

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 29 Nov 2022

The U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption "can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly." ... "I think everybody should be a little bit concerned," he said ... The U.S. Geological Survey said the eruption had migrated to a rift zone on the volcano's northeast flank ... .

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World’s largest volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island

Republican American 29 Nov 2022

The U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.” ... The U.S. Geological Survey said that the eruption had migrated to a rift zone on the volcano’s northeast flank ... .

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