Currently, Mauna Loa and Kilauea are the two active volcanoes on the Big Island. Mauna Loa is the largest of all the active volcanoes on Earth. In terms of the number of eruption occuring each year, Kilauea is known as the most productive volcano on Earth. For more information, click on each volcano in the image located to the right. It is the youngest and the most active of all five volcanoes and is located on the southside of the island.
Most eruptions are prone to occur in the rift zones.
It may occur in the summit but this is infrequent. This eruption had, unfortunately destroyed 181 residential homes, National Park Visitor Center and a 700 year old Hawaiian temple called Waha'ula heiau. Back to the map Hualalai Hualalai sits on the west of the Big Island. It is a dormant volcano and its most recent eruption took place in 1800 and 1801. It is known that in its later part of the eruption history, it was simultaneously active with its younger brothers, Mauna Loa and Kilauea.