The collapse volume at the summit nearly matched the effused lava volume on the rift zone. In this regard, 1868 was a little ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How ...

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode, geologists said Thursday. Related video above: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava ...

Still, there seems to be enough evidence that some sort of collapse occurred at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, which remains notable as the only such event in the volcano’s documented history.

Magma moves through Hawaiian rift zones as dikes, which are tabular sheets of magma that move laterally and vertically ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet (300 meters) into the air during its most recent eruptive episode, ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

Kilauea and Mauna Loa each have two major rift zones that radiate away from the volcano summits, and rift zone eruptions are common.