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![]() Hawai'i is one of the places where volcanism occurs away from a plate boundary. This is because of two reasons. Firstly, Hawai'i is situated at a point where the crust thins to about 5 km; secondly, beneath the Hawai'ian island is a rising plume known as a hotspot. Although most textbooks theorize that these hotspots remain fixed in position, there is evidence that theHawai'ian hotspot has moved slightly. Nonetheless, the theory still applies. The Pacific plate moves
over the hotspot, and as it does ![]() Location 18.92 N 155.27 W Elev. Below Sea Level 969 m Loihi is Hawai'i's latest active submarine volcano, and its most notable eruption was in 1996. THE EVENTS OF 1996 The largest earthquake swarm ever recorded at ANY Hawai'ian volcano
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![]() ANIMALS over 250 |
![]() BIRDS over 500 |
![]() FLOWERS over 225 |