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| | Unusual Events of March-April 1868 |
 | | On Friday, March 27, 1868, at 5:30 a.m., several whaling ships anchored in Kawaihae Harbor noticed a dense column of fume reflected by a bright light southwest of the summit of Mauna Loa. |
 | | This event, known as the mud flow, buried people, horses, cattle, goats and sheep under a thick layer of mud. |
 | | The mud flow was 5 km (3 miles) long, as wide as 1.5 km (1 mile), and varied in thickness from 1 meter (3 feet) to 27 meters (90 feet). |
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