World’s Largest Active Volcano Begins to Erupt, US Raises Alert Level to ‘Warning’
According to a Reuters report on the 28th, the US Geological Survey said that on the evening of the 27th local time, the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, the United States, began to erupt. Volcano alert level has now been updated to “Warning”.
According to reports, the department said in the advisory, “Currently, the lava flow is contained in the mountaintop area and will not threaten communities below the mountain for now.”
However, the notice also warned that the volcano’s first eruptive phase could be very active and the trajectory of the lava flow could change rapidly. At the moment, the alert level of the volcano has been upgraded from “recommendation” to “warning”.
Additionally, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) will conduct an aerial reconnaissance as soon as possible to assess risk and improve debriefing. More than a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater have occurred in the area in the past two hours, including one of magnitude 4.2, according to the US Geological Survey.
It is reported that the Mauna Loa volcano occupies more than half of the area of the island of Hawaii and is located 4,169 meters above the Pacific Ocean. The last eruption was in March and April 1984. The area of lava was escaping 8.05 kilometers around the volcano.
