• grue@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    if the Kauai volcano erupts

    Unfortunately, that’s not how the Hawaiian hotspot works. Kauai is the second-oldest and northwestern of the islands in the state, and since the hotspot has been moving southeast the only places where activity occurs are Maui, the Big Island, and the Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount to the southeast of it (which is expected to be a new island in 10k years or so).

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      11 months ago

      Is the hotspot moving, or is the hotspot stationary while continental drift drags the islands away from it?