Mauna Loa upgraded to Advisory Yellow Alert Status

[Kiana]

Just saw this notification in my in-box. Seems Mauna Loa is shaking a bit more than usual, similar to past pre-eruption cycles:

Mauna Loa Volcano Activity Notice 20150917_0903

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/maunaloastatus.php

[kimo wires]

The 4th paragraph is classic.
They might as well say that they don't have a clue what the volcano will, or won't do.

[Ino]

There are clues about when a volcano will erupt and it's always preceded by a swarm of surface earthquakes. Molten magma moving closer to the surface will always set off earthquakes. You can see here that the trend at Mauna Loa is definitely on the way up. Doesn't mean it will erupt but it is a clue that it might;
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/current/...toring.php

Another place to monitor here;
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/maunaloa...uakes.html

Remotely monitored by satellite;
http://goes.higp.hawaii.edu/goes/bigisland/index.shtml

Mauna Loa has not made it to alert status here yet but when it does it will be real close to an eruption;
http://modis.higp.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/modisnew.cgi

Finally you can see for yourself here if there are any visual clues;
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=MTcam