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The East Molokai has a width of 70 km (43 mi) and a length of 150 km (93 mi). It is overlapped by the West Molokai, Lanai and Haleakalā shield volcanoes. Its shield formation began two million years ago and ended 1.5 million years ago whereas its postshield eruptions occurred 1.5 to 1.3 million years ago.
The seamount is a submarine volcano, southwest of Molokaʻi. The submarine volcano used to be part of Maui Nui, a prehistoric island made from seven shield volcanoes. Koʻolau Range: Oʻahu <32,000 BP (possibly dormant) [n 3: 2.7 million [28]
It is part of the extinct East Molokai shield volcano, which comprises the east side of the island. [2] Kamakou is located within the 2,774-acre (11.23 km 2; 4.334 sq mi) Molokai Forest Reserve, [3] estimated to contain more than 250 rare native Hawaiian plants, many of which exist only in this part of the world. [4]
Activity area Eruption name 0 November 27, 2022 () December 13, 2022: Mokuʻāweoweo and Northeast Rift Zone: 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa: 0 March 25, 1984 () April 15, 1984 () Mokuʻāweoweo, Southwest and Northeast rift zones: 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa: 0 July 5, 1975 () July 6, 1975 ()
The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa was an episode of eruptive volcanic activity at Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, located on Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi.Mauna Loa began to erupt shortly before midnight HST on November 27, 2022, when lava flows emerged from fissure vents in Moku‘āweoweo (Mauna Loa's summit caldera).
It is part of the extinct East Molokai shield volcano, which comprises the east side of the island. [2] On the west it is bounded by the Kapapa Pali, and on the south and east sides, there is a steep drop down to the Pulena stream and Wailau River, respectively. The north side of the mountain was destroyed in a catastrophic collapse along with ...
Iceland’s new #1 selfie spot may have emerged out of ground despite volcano threat. 120 earthquakes overnight. 08:01, Lydia Patrick. Around 120 earthquakes have rocked the areas surrounding the ...
Today, East Molokai volcano, like the Koʻolau Range on Oʻahu, is what remains of the southern half of the original mountain. The northern half suffered a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago and now lies as a debris field scattered northward across the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. [8] What remains of the volcano on the island ...