Questions on Hawaii

1. How big was the last summit eruption of Mauna Loa?

2. What will the volcanic activity be like in Hawaii ?

3. Is the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii swelling now?

4. When was the last time that volcano in Hawaii blew its top?

5. How many volcanoes are there on the Island of Hawaii?

6. How far away are the villages from Mount Kilauea?

7. How often does the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupt?

8. I want to know what the most active volcano in Hawaii is and where in Hawaii it is located?

9. I am interested in finding out more about volcanoes in Hawaii; can you direct me?

10. I would like to know about magma plumes.

11. I want to see a map showing the current eruption on the Big Island eruption.

12. How hot has a Hawiian volcano gotten?

13. Would anyone be up at the Volcano observatory to analyse the reading and advise Civil Defense?

14. What is the total area covered by eruptions from Kilauea?

15. What is the current status of Hualalai?

16. Has there been any practical use for Pele's hair yet?

17. What are the forces that cause Mt. Kilauea to erupt constantly over long periods of time?

18. Prior to 1801, when did Hualalai last erupt?

19. Why can't you go near the Lava flows at Volcano National Park?

20. How were the volcanoes of Hawai'i created since they are not located directly on overlapping plates?

21. How long did it take to get Hawaii?

22. Hello, I am studying Mauna Loa volcano and I was wondering if you could reccommend any materials and readings that would give me a better idea of the general geological features

23. What does Loihi mean?

24. I'm trying to interpret the chart from the USGS HVO.

25. What is the status of geothermal energy drilling on the Big Island?

26. I was told that Mauna Loa was likely to go within a year.

27. What is a bench?

28. How many active Volcanoes are in Hawaii?

29. What is the first volcano in Hawaii that is still active today?

30. How long to volcanoes in Hawaii usually take to erupt?

31. How many volcanoes are in Hawaii that are active and not active?

32. I would like to have some information about the Pele's legend (Pele's hair)

33. What is the name of the largest volcano in Hawaii?

34. What ever happened to the one on Hawaii? How many seconds does it erupt?

35. I am trying to locate a vulcano called "Pele".

36. What is the name of the new island forming underwater in Hawaii?

37. I thought I read once about the red ferns on the Big Island and in the crater of Haleakala: is there a legend attached?

38. I have been looking at the HVO maps lately and noticed earthquake activity on Hualalai.

39. What casues the Hawaii hot-spot, and why does it not make a divergent plate boundry?

40. How many cubic feet of lava flows out of Mauna loa per year?

41. I am going to Big Island in February. I want to know if Puu4Oo is still active and if so, if the lawa streams are entering the sea close to the road.

42. I am going to Hawaii with an educational group from the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria in May and I wanted to know if you could recommend any 'must see ' sites.

43. How often does the Mauna Loa volcano erupt?

44. Do the eruptions of volcanoes on the Big Island produce ashes clouds on the Big Island and on the other Islands ex. Oahu?

45. Due to the very poor updates (in the UK) of what is currently occuring on Hawaii with the latest eruption, and to allow people like myself to keep up to date, could recent photos of Puu `O` o etc. be put on this page?

46. What Volcano is over the hot spot right now?

47. When do you expect the next eruption on Hawaii?

48. What is the latest activity at Kilauea?

49. How many volcanoes are in Hawaii?

50. How much warning will you have of any possible long run out landslide?

51. What is the highest height that lava has shot out of the volcano?

52. At this time how many active volcanoes are there in Hawaii?

53. Would you please post on the internet a DAILY update of Kilauea's activity?

54. What is the name of the most recent volcano discovered in the Hawiian volcanic chain?

55. Is it true that Hawaii is made of lava?

56. How do Hawaiians look at volcanoes in Hawaii?

57. Is there a current internet update (March, 1996) on trail conditions, eruption and flow status, lava viewing restrictions, etc, for the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park?

58. When did Mauna Loa erupt for the first time?

59. Could you explain the following about the Kilauea volcano: type of volcano it is,

60. How big is Mt. Kileuae?

61. Can you send me copies of data, research papers and other references on the history, current research and future developments at Loihi.

62. I am doing a thesis paper on the study of Hawaiian Island volcanoes.

63. What are the leading centers of research on volcanolgy in Hawaii?

64. May parents came back from Hawaii recently. They said that there was some larger than average event at Pu'u'O'o around Feb 1-2 and then the flow went quiet. What happened?

65. Can you please send me any information on the damage that has been caused by Mount Kilauea, Hawaii?

66. How large is the largest volcano?

67. Am I in danger hiking on the Kilauea volcano in early July? Is this the most interesting volcano to see in Hawaii? If it isn't, which one is/

68. Can you please send me some information on all volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands chain?

69. With the current new island being created, how long until another island begins to be created?

70. What is the present activity of Mount Hualalai near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ?

71. I would like to know about black sand. What is it made of?

72. Mauna Loa Volcano...When was the most devastating eruption, where and what damage, and how many deaths occurred?

73. I need to write a brief report about Mount Kilauea, Hawaii including location, date or dates of explosions, damage caused, historical significance, and any possible benefits.

74. How was the green sand beach on the Big Island, Hawaii formed?

75. What was the eruption in 1984 of Mt. Mauna Loa like?

76. What is the name of the most recent volcano discovered in the Hawiian volcanic chain?

77. Is it true that Hawaii is made of lava?

78. Does the lava of the volcano disturbs the famous waves of Hawaii?

79. Why aren't Hawaiian volcanoes violent? Mt. St. Helens violently exploded, but the pictures of Hawaiian volcanoes I've seen seem to just slowly ooze lava.

80. Is there any web site where I can find a map or information which shows where AA and pahoehoe lava flows are located in volcanos National Park in Hawaii.?

81. What is the latest condition of HUALALAI at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ???

82. What type of volcano is Kilauea?

83. What are some of the physical causes of the disaster and an explanation of the human effects.

84. DO YOU HAVE ANY FACTS TO SHARE ON THE LOIHI VOLCANO IN HAWAII?

85. Is Hawaii an extinct volcano?

86. I am doing an extra credit report, and the report has to be about Diamond Head.
87. What are the global effects of volcanic eruptions which have occurred in Hawaii?
88. What is the potential of new volcano eruptions in Hawaii?
89. When was Loihi first discovered, and how old is it, or do you even have any idea of it's age?

90. Will the "hot spot" under the Big Island remain and for how long?

91. I would like to know what kind of the 2 volcanoes is Kilauea.

92. could you direct me to any sites that might include info(journal entries, thesis, anything)

93. I am wondering how often volcanoes in Hawaii erupted in the last 200 years?

94. Are Mauna Loa and Kilauea the same volcano or part of the same mountain range and seperate volcanoes?

95. What kind of animals live in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park?

96. Has anyone ever died in a Hawaiian volcanic eruption?

97. When did the Hawiian Islands form?

98. Do you think most of the lava erupting from Kilauea (Hawaii) exits from therift zones or from the summit?

99. What is the latest on activity at Hualalai?

100. I have several questions I'd like your thoughts on.

101. How was Hawaii created if it is not near a plate?

102. Is Diamond Head an extinct crater or a dormant volcano?

103. I was told that there is a (government?) program in place on the Island of Hawaii that works to channel the magma/lava flow into the ocean, in specific areas, thereby increasing the island 's size gradually and in a controlled manner. Could you please give me more information on this or give me a website where I can find it myself. I have spent hours going over your lists of already-asked questions but didn't find this one anywhere. Than k you so much.

104. I will be traveling to Hawaii to see the active volcanoes. Does the university or the Park Service provide any kind of guided tours for amateur geologists?

105. Why are the Hawaiian Islands over a hot spot? What is happening under the crust?

106. Could you tell me the location of any open lava flows on Hawaii that are outside the boundries of the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park?

107. Is there a place in Hawaii that a tourist can find an open lava plume or an open lava tube? If so, where is it

108. Are there any exciting trails open to hikers on the Hawaiian Islands?

109. I am a resident of Oahu thinking of relocating to the Big Island of Hawaii. Is the VOG problem there, particularly on the south Kona coast a deterrent to purchasing land and raising a fami ly? What are the recent studies saying about VOG and health as it applies to the Big Island?

110. How big was the last summit eruption of Mauna Loa?

111. What type of rock erupts from Mauna Loa?

112. Are there black, green, red, or gold sand beaches because of volcanos, on Hawaii?

113. Why does the size of the Hawaiian islands increase through the arc?

114. Where can I get information on the Kileuea Volcano?

115. What kinds of rock come from the volcanoes in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park?

116. What is the date of the last eruption of Kilauea?

117. What is the dimension of Kilauea?

118. How many eruption has Kilauea had?

119. What is the crater depth of Kilauea?

120. How many deaths have eruptions of Mauna Loa caused?

121. Why do volcanoes form individual islands along the Hawaiian island chain?

122. How did Mauna Loa get its name?

123. I was wondering why the Hawaiian islands form an arc and why they are smaller to larger? What has caused this and where will the new island be forming and how long will it take to surface?

124. What are the consequences that an eruption of Mauna Loa could pose to people in or near the vicinity?

125. What type of volcano are the Hawaiian Isalands, Krakatua, Alutian, and Mt. Vesuviuos?

126. Which island is Kilauea on?

127. What is the connection between Kilauea and Puu O'o?

128. Which volcano belt is Mauna Loa in?

129. What type of volcano is Mauna Loa?

130. Which type of plate tectonic caused Mauna Loa?

131. How long does it take a Hawaiian volcano to erupt?

132. When was the last eruption of Mauna Loa before 1984?

133. How has the volcanic activity in Hawaii affected the weather pattern?

134. What is the death toll for Kilauea?

135. What percent of the land area of the Hawaiian Islands is Mauna Loa?

136. What is the volcanic stage of Mauna Loa?

137. What does Mauna Loa mean?

138. What island of Hawaii is Kiluaea in?

139. What type of lava comes out of the vent of Kiluaea when it erupts?

140. Does Mauna Loa form at a plate boundary along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

141. Why did Hawaii for in the middle of the Pacific plate and how long did it take to form?

142. What volcano erupted at the time of Queen Liliuokalani's death?

143. When was the most famous eruption of Kilauea?

144. What type of lava is erupted from Mauna Loa, in what types of eruptions?

145. Can you give me a fact about the volcano Mauna Loa?

146. Describe the underwater flow of lava in Hawaii?

147. Is there another Hawaiian island forming now?

148. Where will the next Hawaiian volcano form?

149. Why do islands, within the chains of islands, in the Pacific Ocean form one at a time?

150. What is the shape of Mauna Kea?

151. What happens to make Mauna Loa erupt?

152. What processes are currently being studied in terms of Hazard Research on Hawaii?

153. Could you tell me when Mauna Loa's largest eruption was?

154. What are the warning signs that Kilauea will erupt?

155. How did the residents act when they saw Mauna Loa and Kilauea erupt?

156. How are the eruptions of Mount St. Helens the same and different from those in Hawaii?

157. How many volcanoes are there on Hawaii?

158. Why is Hawaii so important to volcanologists?

159. What village was destroyed from the 1950 eruption of Mauna Loa?

160. We are buying property on the Big Island and want to know what the risk of lava flow is to the community of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates?

161. How has Kilauea effected the culture and society around it?

162. What sort of damage has Mauna Loa caused?

163. How many eruptions did it take to make the island of Hawaii?

164. Did early Hawaiians sacrifice people by throwing them into volcanoes?

165. What is the closest Mmajor city to Kilauea and its population?

166. Describe the seismic activity of Mauna Loa?

167. How high are the eruption plumes of Mauna Loa?

168. What is the duration of the eruption of Kilauea?

169. When were the Hawaiian Islands formed?

170. In detail, could you tell me how the Hawaiian Islands formed?