HONOLULU (KHON2) — Earthquake activity continues to increase at Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano.
The latest daily report about Mauna Loa reveals there were 65 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Mauna Loa is not erupting, and experts said an eruption is not imminent. But the U.S. Geological Survey has moved to daily updates, and Mauna Loa has been at a yellow “advisory” status.
“We do have this heightened unrest,” explains Ken Hon, with the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory, “and the volcano is more likely to accelerate into an eruptive state out of the heightened unrest.”
Mauna Loa’s most recent big eruptions were in 1975 and 1984, but whether the latest flurry of seismicity will result in a lava event is anyone’s guess.
“Go about your daily business,” Hon advised, “but kind of keep an eye out and keep your ears open for what might be going on.”
(We at Hualalai are far enough away to not be directly affected.)
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