{"id":6956,"date":"2022-11-30T02:55:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:36:29","slug":"mauna-loa-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mauna-loa-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauna Loa Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Mauna Loa Volcano:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s not the tallest (that title goes to Mauna Kea) but it\u2019s the largest and makes up about half of the island\u2019s land mass.<\/li>\n<li>It sits immediately north of Kilauea volcano, which is currently erupting from its summit crater.<\/li>\n<li>Kilauea is well-known for a 2018 eruption that destroyed 700 homes and sent rivers of\u00a0lava\u00a0spreading across farms and into the ocean.<\/li>\n<li>Mauna Loa last erupted 38 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>In written history, dating to 1843, it\u2019s erupted 33 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Some famous volcanoes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Any volcano that has erupted within the Holocene period (in the last 11,650 years) is considered to be \u201cactive\u201d by scientists.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDormant\u201d volcanoes are those active volcanoes which are not in the process of erupting currently, but have the potential to do so in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Mauna Loa was a dormant volcano for the last 38 years.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExtinct\u201d volcanoes are ones which scientists predict will never face any further volcanic activity.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK, is an extinct volcano.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Krakatoa, Indonesia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions ever occurred in Krakatoa in 1883.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mount Vesuvius, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in one of the deadliest eruptions in European history, killing as many as 16,000 and destroying the town of Pompeii.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mount Fuji, Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It last erupted in 1707-1708 and had a devastating effect on the local population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull, Iceland<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes referred to as E15, it is one of the many volcanic features of Iceland.<\/li>\n<li>In 2010, a relatively small eruption managed to bring air traffic in Europe to a complete standstill.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>K\u012blauea, Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjacent to the Mauna Loa, this is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet.<\/li>\n<li>It has been erupting intermittently since recorded history, with its eruption lasting from 1983 to 2018 being the longest continuous eruption ever recorded.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mount St Helens, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Located in Washington State, Mount St. Helens was a major eruption that occurred on May 18, 1980 and it remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source :\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/mauna-loa-volcano-science-behind-volcanic-eruptions-8296584\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of 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