World’s largest active volcano erupts triggering dozens of earthquakes, alert level raised

The world’s largest powder keg, Mauna Loa, located in Hawaii, has erupted, as reported by the US Geological Service’s( USGS) stormy exertion service. According to USGS, the eruption started in the peak caldera of Mauna Loa on Sunday night.

At this time, lava overflows are contained within the peak area and aren’t hanging downslope communities,’ read a statement by the USGS before, who upgraded the alert position from’ premonitory’ to’ warning’ latterly, as per reports by The Daily Mail.

The statement added that the Hawaiian powder keg overlook( HVO) would conduct upstanding surveillance soon to assess hazards and better describe the eruption.

The USGS further noted that further than a dozen earthquakes of over2.5 bulks struck the region in the fate of the stormy eruption with one measuring4.2 in magnitude.

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