03-09-2009, 12:32 PM
The fastest NORMAL flows on this island are from Hualalai & the SW rift of Mauna Loa. (the last SW Mauna Loa flow went from the summit to ocean in hours. With the population growth in these 2 areas, those to mountains have the potential for disaster.
That said, all the volcanoes on Hawaii Island & Maui have the potential to have lava flows (the last one on Maui was in the 1790s, 2 centuries is nothing in the ages of these volcanoes, so even if you live in lava zone 8, you are living on an active volcano that has the potential to have lava flows.... and the subsidence earthquakes (the really deep ones) we get are reminders that this island is still not done, geologically speaking (all of the Hawaiian Islands subside below sealevel, as new ones arise.... that is the whole process of living in the middle of an oceanic plate that moves over a 'hot spot'.
That said, all the volcanoes on Hawaii Island & Maui have the potential to have lava flows (the last one on Maui was in the 1790s, 2 centuries is nothing in the ages of these volcanoes, so even if you live in lava zone 8, you are living on an active volcano that has the potential to have lava flows.... and the subsidence earthquakes (the really deep ones) we get are reminders that this island is still not done, geologically speaking (all of the Hawaiian Islands subside below sealevel, as new ones arise.... that is the whole process of living in the middle of an oceanic plate that moves over a 'hot spot'.