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Explainer: Is the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii dangerous?

No evacuation orders have been issued as Hawaii’s Big Island experiences earthquakes, lava flows and volcanic gas.

Al Jazeera

World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii causing more than dozen earthquakes

Vulnerable people told to remain indoors during expected ashfall

The Independent UK

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

On November 21 2022 an earthquake near the Indonesian city of Cianjur in West Java caused at least 268 deaths and damaged 22,000 buildings.

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Indonesia's earthquake had just a 5.6 magnitude. Why are hundreds of people dead?

Bodies continued to be pulled from debris Tuesday in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur. Experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and poor infrastructure all worsened the toll.

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A shallow tremor in a densely populated town made this Indonesia’s deadliest earthquake this year

Solomon Islands was struck by two earthquakes within half an hour yesterday, just a day after a deadly quake struck West Java. So why was the comparatively smaller quake in Indonesia more deadly?

ABC News

EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 160 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java

The Independent UK

Earthquake 'swarm' data in Mukinbudin studied to understand seismic activity in WA's Wheatbelt region

Scientists collect data to determine the cause of ongoing seismic activity in the Wheatbelt. It comes following a cluster of at least 13 earthquakes in the Mukinbudin area last week.

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Collaboration key to meeting NZ’s infrastructure demands

Events like the earthquakes and Covid-19 drove change in the construction sector, but the ball needs to keep rolling.

Newsroom.co.nz

Supershear earthquakes are super powerful, and a lot less rare than previously thought

On April 18, 1906, San Francisco phonograph dealer Peter Bacigalupi’s day began like none other.

Los Angeles Times

Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades

The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.

The Texas Tribune

Undersea volcano near Mariana Trench is believed to be erupting, say scientists

Experts are investigating whether the activity detected has been caused by shallow earthquakes or material exploding from the crater

Wales Online

Three quakes hit Fiji islands region, no tsunami warnings

Three earthquakes were recorded south of the Fiji islands in the Pacific on Wednesday evening, each at a depth of around 600 km (370 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.

Reuters

Warning to people living near world's largest active volcano after spike in earthquakes

Since September scientists have reported a spike in the number of earthquakes in the area around the massive Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa and a build up of magma has caused the summit to swell

Daily Mirror

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

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Hawaii's Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world’s largest active volcano may erupt given a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of Mauna Loa

Bangkok Post

Three small earthquakes felt in North

People sensed the tremors caused by three earthquakes in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Phrae early Thursday morning.

The Guardian - UK

Fracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active site

Exclusive: Lancashire site responsible for 192 earthquakes over course of 182 days in 2018-19, Lib Dem analysis has found

The Independent UK

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

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The Independent UK

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

Daily Mirror

Earthquake hits world's biggest active volcano with aftershocks continuing to be felt

The 5.0-magnitude volcano hit the island of Hawaii, only miles away from the largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, which has since been closed off to visitors

Al Jazeera

Series of earthquakes rattle Hawaii amid Mauna Loa volcano unrest

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet and is in a “state of heightened unrest”, scientists say.

The Independent UK

Hawaii volcano closed to visitors after dozens of earthquakes hit it in one day

The volcano’s current seismic activity is above normal levels, officials say

The Independent UK

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact triggered mega earthquakes that shook Earth for ‘weeks to months’

Asteroid impact triggered the biggest earthquakes experienced by our planet during this era

The Guardian - US

‘We would go back’: will Hurricane Fiona worsen Puerto Rico’s population drain?

Hurricane Maria, earthquakes and federal neglect were already driving the US territory’s youth and talent to the mainland

The Independent UK

Hawaii national park closes world’s largest active volcano due to increased seismic activity

Around 44 small-magnitude earthquakes recorded in past 24 hours around Mauna Loa

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