Asta Mikijus Christina A. Neal Weston Thelen 2017 <p>Mauna Loa is showing persistent signs of volcanic unrest. Since 2014, increased seismicity and deformation indicate that Mauna Loa, the volcano that dominates more than half of the island of Hawaiʻi, may be building toward its first eruption since 1984.</p><p>Thousands of residents and key infrastructure are potentially at risk from lava flows, so a critical question is whether the volcano will follow patterns of previous eruptions or return to its now historically unprecedented 33-year slumber.</p> application/pdf 10.1029/2017EO083937 en American Geophysical Union Volcanic unrest at Mauna Loa, Earth's largest active volcano article