Graph summarizing the eruptions of Mauna Loa and Kilauea Volcanoes in recorded history. Information is sketchy for historic eruptions before 1820, when the first American missionaries arrived in Hawaii. The total duration of eruptive activity in a given year, shown by the vertical bar, may be for a single eruption or combined for several separate eruptions.

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