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Does mauna loa lay on a plate?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

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What plate is located on Mauna Loa?

The Pacific Plate


Is what boundary is the Mauna Loa Volcano located on?

Mauna Loa is not located on a plate boundary. Mauna Loa is caused by a stationary hot spot in the Earth's mantle.


What plates cause Mauna Loa to erupt?

Mauna Loa is on the Pacific Plate. It is not near any other plates.


What boundary is the mauna loa on?

If we consult a map showing tectonic plates, we can see that Mauna Loa is on the Pacific plate. The general rule is that volcanic activity usually appears along plate boundaries, but Mauna Loa and the Hawaiian Islands sit on what is called a hot spot in approximately the middle of Pacific plate.


What is Mauna Loa's plate type?

hot spot


What is happening to the plates that form Mauna Loa?

The tectonic plate that Mauna Loa sits on is moving northwestward over a hot spot in the Earth's mantle, creating a chain of volcanic islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. As the plate moves, new lava erupts on Mauna Loa, adding to its size and height. The volcano periodically erupts, releasing pressure from the magma chamber beneath it.


Mauna loa's plate boundary?

It's on a hot spot, not a plate boundary.


What type of plate boundery is Mauna Loa on?

It isn't on a plate boundary. It's on a hotspot.


What hotspot is mauna loa on?

Mauna Loa is on a hotspot known as the Hawaiian hotspot. This hotspot is responsible for the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, including Mauna Loa, due to the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a stationary mantle plume.


Nationality of mauna loa?

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How many eruptions has Mauna Loa had?

Mauna Loa has had 39 eruptions