Mauna Loa volcano (Hawai’i): HVO weekly report 19/12/2019

HVO report that Mauna Loa volcano is not currently erupting. The deformation and seismicity rates have not changed substantially over the past week and remain above long-term background levels. Throughout the past week, HVO observed approximately 53 small-magnitude earthquakes (nearly all smaller than M2.0), detected beneath the upper elevations of the volcano. Most of the earthquakes occurred…