The Hawaiian Islands are in the middle of a large tectonic plate with many volcanoes. The volcanoes are the direct result of the tectonic plate

Responses

being forced under another tectonic plate at a subduction zones.

being forced under another tectonic plate at a subduction zones.

colliding with one another tectonic plate and being forced upward.

colliding with one another tectonic plate and being forced upward.

moving over a hot spot where magma breaks through the crust.

moving over a hot spot where magma breaks through the crust.

applying great pressure on the crust causing constant earthquakes.