Hawaii Mauna Loa Volcano Update 10/26/22

This Mauna Loa presentation video contains media obtained from USGS and Google Earth with some of the significant October 2022 updates from; USGS at and earthquakes data. According to the USGS Mauna Loa Volcano submarine flanks descend to the seafloor an additional 5 km (16,400 ft), and the seafloor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa’s great mass another 8 km (26,200 ft). This makes the volcano’s summit about 17 km (55,700 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawai‘i and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of the area of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. The Hawaiian name “Mauna Loa“ means “Long Mountain.“ This name is apt, for the subaerial part of Mauna Loa extends for about 120 km (74 mi) from the southern tip of the island to the summit caldera and then east-northeast to the coastline near Hilo. Mauna Loa is among Earth’s most active volcanoes, ha