Is Maui an extinct volcano?

West Maui Volcano is an extinct volcano whose evolution includes shield (1.6 to 2.0 million years old), postshield (1.5-1.2 million years old), and rejuvenated stages. The rejuvenated stage is represented by only a handful of vents and flows, located mainly near the town of Lahaina.



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Haleakala, the only active volcano on the Island of Maui, erupted most recently between about 600 and 400 years ago. In the past 1,000 years, at least 10 eruptions produced lava flows and tephra cones from the rift zone that crosses the volcano from southwest to east and through Haleakala Crater.

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Maui is a volcanic island made from 2 volcanos. The East Maui volcano, known as Haleakala, had its recent eruptions between 1480 and 1600. The eroded West Maui volcano, known as Mauna Kahawai or West Maui Mountains, last erupted 320,000 years ago. Haleakala is in a non-eruptive stage.

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West Maui Volcano is an extinct volcano whose evolution includes shield (1.6 to 2.0 million years old), postshield (1.5-1.2 million years old), and rejuvenated stages. The rejuvenated stage is represented by only a handful of vents and flows, located mainly near the town of Lahaina.

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This collection of interviews represent first-person accounts of any tsunami occurring in Maui County. Although the most severe tsunami occurred on April 1, 1946, some residents recalled tsunamis occurring as far back as 1923.

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With continued subsidence at the present-day rates, Haleakala and West Maui will become separate islands in about 15,000 years. At its largest, Maui Nui stretched from about 42 miles west-southwest of the present west shoreline of Moloka'i to roughly 47 miles east of the eastern tip of Maui.

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Respectful travel to any of the Hawaiian Islands, including the accessible areas of Maui, is welcomed and encouraged, now more than ever. On October 8th, West Maui accommodations will begin to reopen to visitors again with the exception of Lahaina.

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Rising gradually to more than 4 km (2.5 mi) above sea level, Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet. Its submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km (3 mi), and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km (5 mi).

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During the morning of September 11, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an overflight of the new eruption within the Kilauea summit caldera. The eruption is occurring in the east portion of Halema?uma?u crater and on the downdropped block to the east, which formed during the 2018 summit collapse.

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It is now the deadliest wildfire incident in the U.S. in over a century, and the worst natural disaster in Hawaii's history. The catastrophe began on Aug. 8. High winds, that some officials say may have been as strong as 60-81 mph, engulfed the area in flames at a rate that was difficult to escape.

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Some Lahaina residents will be allowed into their neighborhood on Monday to see what is left of their homes, for the first time since wildfires swept across parts of Maui on Aug. 8 and killed at least 97 people, making it one of the nation's deadliest disasters.

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