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News LinksMore>>. It is an eruption that many who live on the Island of Hawaii remember well. On March 25, 1984, lava erupted from a fissure at Mauna Loa's summit, and, within hours, another fissure opened farther downMore >>. It is an eruption that many who live on the Island of Hawaii remember well.More >>.
Mauna Loa is a large shield volcano on the big island of Hawaii  in the US state of Hawaii. Mauna Loa occupies more than half the  island and erupts almost continuously, a â¦ dding to the land area of  the island with its lava flows.   Hawai'i is the latest island of the Hawaiian islands to form.auna Loa has been classed as an active volcanoe since its first recorded erruption in 1843. Between then and the 1984 erruption it has had a total of 33 eruptions. Because it â¦ is not currently erupting does not change its classification to inactive as long as there remains emmissions and earthquake activity.