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tahlyn t1_iu5qtdr wrote

Reply to comment by StoneLegionYT in Hawaii's Big Island residents get warning as huge volcano rumbles by StoneLegionYT

I mean there have been active lava flows from the volcano every few years on the south east side. That one neighborhood was destroyed not that long ago...Leilani estates or something near there?

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SonoraBee t1_iu5sev9 wrote

Same island but different volcano. Kilauea has remained pretty regularly active but it has a different source chamber than Mauna Loa. It also shares the island with Mauna Kea, Hualālai, and the extinct Kohala volcano.

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FifteenthPen t1_iu5srpc wrote

That's Kilauea, a different volcano southeast of Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa hasn't erupted since the 1984 eruption.

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SewSewBlue t1_iu5v11b wrote

Different volcano. The big island has 2 active volcanos, and a 3th below water, rising up. One dormant, where the observatories are.

The Leilani Estates rupture was part of the smaller volcano, Kilauea. The new quakes are in the biggest volcano, Mauna Loa. This volcano will erupt bigger and faster than the little one. More lava too.

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ajmartin527 t1_iu5yywp wrote

Largest volcano and mountain in the world!

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FifteenthPen t1_iuaebm2 wrote

The neighboring dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, is also the tallest mountain in the world measured from its base!

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ajmartin527 t1_iuecmse wrote

Oh shoot I meant Mauna Kea. She’s the big girl.

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FifteenthPen t1_iuefpf7 wrote

You were right before. Mauna Kea is taller, but Mauna Loa is larger in mass and volume.

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Hokulewa t1_iu8z8ln wrote

It's 3st.

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SewSewBlue t1_iu90jhk wrote

Thank you for that reminder that reading is tough for me! Gee, I forgot that I'm dyslexic and shouldn't comment because the grammar Nazis might be offended by merely by my presence!

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Hokulewa t1_iu961vg wrote

A Nazi would have corrected you.

Thank you for reminding me that humor is tough and some people don't have a sense of it, and I shouldn't risk offending those people with jokes they won't get.

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Sanity_in_Moderation t1_iuah6ny wrote

I appreciated the information that I didn't know. I was unaware of a 3rd volcano below the water.

Way below the water apparently. A kilometer.

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