EXPLAINER: Where will Hawaii’s biggest volcano erupt from?

FILE - Lava from an open fissure on Kilauea volcano shoots high above a tree on May 20, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Kilauea is well-known for a 2018 eruption that destroyed 700 homes and sent rivers of lava spreading across farms and into the ocean. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

FILE - Volcanic ash and steam rises from Mount St. Helens, Wash., as it erupted, May 18, 1980. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Hawaii volcanoes like Mauna Loa tend not to have explosive eruptions like Mount St. Helens in Washington state. That’s because Hawaii’s volcanoes have magma that’s hotter, drier and more fluid, and doesn’t trap as much gas, according to Hannah Dietterich, a research geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Volcano Observatory. (AP Photo/File)

From left, Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno, translator Carrie Kaufmann, and Ken Hon, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge, speak to a crowd about the potential threat of a Mauna Loa eruption at the local gymnasium in Pahala, Hawaii, on Oct. 27, 2022. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared. (AP Photo/Megan Moseley)

FILE - Lava flows downhill from the crater of Mauna Loa, April 5, 1984, on the island of Hawaii. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon. (AP Photo/John Swart, File)

FILE - Molten rock flows from Mauna Loa, located on the south-central part of the island of Hawaii, on March 26, 1984. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - A gaseous cloud rises from the crater of Mauna Loa, center, on the big island of Hawaii, April 4, 1984. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon. (AP Photo/John Swart, File)

HONOLULU — The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon. Here’s are some things to know about the volcano.

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