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  2. Kīlauea - Wikipedia

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    The oldest volcano on the island, Kohala, is more than a million years old, [17] while Kīlauea, the youngest, is between 300,000 and 600,000 years of age. [16] Kamaʻehuakanaloa (the ruddy, reddish child of Kanaloa, [ 18 ] formerly Lōʻihi), on the island's flank, is younger and has yet to breach the surface. [ 19 ]

  3. List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain

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    The island of Hawaiʻi comprises five volcanoes, of which two (Kilauea and Mauna Loa) are still active. Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (formerly Lōʻihi) continues to grow offshore, and is the only known volcano in the chain in the submarine pre-shield stage. [1]

  4. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active ...

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    One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time ...

  5. Mauna Loa - Wikipedia

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    Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's underlying mantle. [10] The Hawaii island volcanoes are the most recent evidence of this process that, over 70 million years, has created the 3,700 mi (6,000 km)-long Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. [11]

  6. Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, sending lava spewing along ...

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    The volcano also erupted in June about a mile south of Kilauea caldera, marking the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in December 1974. The ...

  7. Kilauea volcano eruption paused after spewing lava in Hawaii ...

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    HAWAII COUNTY, Hawaii – Kilauea volcano's eruption has significantly slowed and appears to be paused, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).. The eruption occurred about 2:20 a.m. local ...

  8. Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes - Wikipedia

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    The volcanoes are progressively younger to the southeast; the oldest dated volcano, located at the northern end, is 81 million years old. The break between the two subchains is 43 million years old; in comparison, the oldest of the principal islands, Kauaʻi, is little more than 5 million years old. [1]

  9. Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupts again. See the photos.

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    Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii started erupting on Monday following a three-month pause, the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.. Kilauea began erupting around 2:30 a.m. local ...