Hawaiian hot spot

Question 1

what crust is hawaii

Answer 1

Hawaii is an oceanic crust hot spot, but there are continental hot spots too.

Question 2

what are volcanic earthquakes generated by

Answer 2

occur because of structural weaknesses at the base of the volcanoes or within the crust below.

Question 3

what are tectonic earthquakes generated by

Answer 3

tectonic earthquakes occur because of structural weaknesses at the base of the volcanoes or within the crust below.

Question 4

plate boundary at Hawaiian hot spot

Answer 4

Pacific Plate is moving in a north-westwards direction over the plume

Question 5

what volcano is Hawaiian hot spot

Answer 5

shield volcanoes, which is typical of a hot spot location.

Question 6

what lava is Hawaiian hot spot

Answer 6

Basalt lava

Question 7

example of eruption in hawaii

Answer 7

The Kilauea eruption
-2018
-destroyed 180 buildings
-VEI scale 0 as non explosive rather had lava flows