In this article the Honolulu Star-Bulletin talks about UH Mānoa researchers who believe that tsunamis caused by giant landslides off the shoulders of the Hawaiian islands have left deposits of washed-up coral debris more than a thousand feet above sea level. (Here's the abstract from their actual journal article.)
Who knows... one day Kīlauea might slough off a big chunk too, like the Mauna Loa, East Moloka'i, and Ko'olau volcanoes did in the distant past. Surf's up -- way up!!
Who knows... one day Kīlauea might slough off a big chunk too, like the Mauna Loa, East Moloka'i, and Ko'olau volcanoes did in the distant past. Surf's up -- way up!!
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