Mauna Loaeruptedfor the first time in nearly 40 years on the Big Island of Hawai’i on Sunday night , free a flurry of violent - blistering lava that trickled down its side . This spectacular sight has since been appropriate from the vantage point of depressed - terra firma orbit by satellite .
Maxar Technologies catch the jibe on Monday night at around 22:30 , showing a long track of lava flow moving along the Northeast Rift Zone .
Along with the lava flow , there have beenreportsof lava spring measuringup to 40 meters(148 foundation ) in height .
Satellite image of the eruption on November 28 2022. Image credit: Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies
“ Heightened unrest began in mid - September 2022 as recorded by an increase in earthquakes below Mauna Loa summit ( from 10 - 20 per daytime to 40 - 50 per day ) , an increase rate of splashiness recorded by GPS stations , and inflation recorded on the MOK tiltmeter . The unrest was do by renew remark ofmagmainto Mauna Loaʻs meridian reservoir system”,saidthe United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) .
Mauna Loa is the reality ’s large dynamic vent . It has antecedently erupt 33 clip since innovative record - keeping begin in 1843 , allot to theUSGS . The volcano ’s last bam was in 1984 , when a lava current issue forth within 7.2 kilometers ( 4.5 miles ) of Hilo , the island ’s largest universe gist .
As it stands , there is no immediate peril to populated arena , although theUSGShas designated the eruption as a “ code red ” , signify " wild bang is underway or suspect with significant emission of volcanic ash tree into the aura . ”
It has already been causing a fairish bit of disruption though . The area is home to the Mauna Loa Observatory which has beenmonitoringthe concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth ’s standard pressure for over 60 years . . Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego , which handle the observation tower , have saidthat their equipment lose power on Monday and is not currently recording information . The situation is so grave they are looking into relocate the measurement equipment .
“ It ’s a big eructation and it ’s in a spoiled place , ” said Scripps Oceanography geoscientist Ralph Keeling , son of Charles David Keeling who invented the famous Keeling Curve , the casual record of global atmospheric C dioxide concentration .
