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Actually, the Hawaiian Islands were not formed by plates colliding together. They are in fact in the middle of the Pacific plate. They were formed by a hot spot. A hot spot is a spot in the inside of a plate and magma rises up to the surface and becomes a volcano. The reason why there are multiple islands is because the Pacific Plate is moving. Once an island moves completely away from the hot spot it becomes an extinct volcano.
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∙ 11y agoThe January 2010 quake is assumed to be caused by a rupture of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, which had been locked for 250 years, gathering stress. It did occur in the vicinity of the northern boundary where the Caribbean tectonic plate is situated.
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∙ 13y agoThe Hawaiian islands did not form at a plate boundary, but were rather formed by a weakness in the Pacific plate.
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∙ 12y agoPaciffic plate
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What tectonic plate does Hawaii sit on?
Hawaii is situated broadly in the centre of the Pacific plate. It has volcanoes because it sits on a particularly thin part of that plate which allows for magma from below the plate to rise and come to the surface.
What plate does baja Mexico sit on?
On the Pacific Plate.
What part of the US in not on the plate?
Hawaii
What tectonic plate does California sit on?
California is located on the plate boundaries for the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate.
What part of the United States is not on the plate?
Alaska and Hawaii
What tectonic plate does Hawaii sit on?
Hawaii is situated broadly in the centre of the Pacific plate. It has volcanoes because it sits on a particularly thin part of that plate which allows for magma from below the plate to rise and come to the surface.
Hawaii is located on what crustal plate?
Hawaii is located on the Pacific Plate.
What plate does cotopaxi sit on?
convergent plate boundary and the pacific plate
Do plate tectonics sit on the asthenosphere?
they sit on the asthenosphere
What plate or plates does Africa sit on?
cocos plate
What plate does the Hawaiian Island sit on?
The Pacific Plate
What plate does baja Mexico sit on?
On the Pacific Plate.
What tetonic plate does Europe sit on?
Eurasian Plate
What part of the US in not on the plate?
Hawaii
Hawaii is located near the middle of which tectonic plate?
Pacific Plate
Which plate does most of the US includeing Nebraska sit on?
Caribbean plate
What were formed in the middle of the pacific plate?
Hawaii
