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Originally Posted by scottmandue
If I remember my geology correctly.
All of the Hawaiian islands are on a tectonic plate that is slowly moving to to the northeast. There is a hot spot under that plate that spews up lava thus the whole chain of islands have been created by lava eruptions.
I also believe there is ongoing underwater eruption forming a new island as we speak.
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More than that. The whole Pacific is surrounded by a Ring of Fire, including the US west coast. Remember Mt. St. Helens?
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