1. Kayleigh Flannery Melissa Scott
Mt. Kilauea
Kayleigh Flannery
Melissa Scott

2. The Plates and Their Location
The plate involved is the Pacific Plate
This plate is located beneath the Pacific Ocean

3. Explaining the Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate moves in a northwesterly motion. As it moves up, it moves to the left
It is considered a convergent boundary which is a boundary that occurs between two plates moving toward each other

4. The History of Mt. Kilauea
Map shows lava flows erupted from 1983 to the present

5. Potential Impacts lava flows tephra (airborne lava fragments)
volcanic gases-air pollution
explosive eruptions
ground cracks and settling

6. What’s Being Done Tilt Meter Global Positioning System (GPS)
an instrument that measures angular displacements of the earths surface
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Satellites that measure latitude, longitude, and altitude
Tilt Meter
GPS

7. What’s Being Done Cont.
There are many building codes that have to be followed to promote safety
There are codes for the following
Foundation
Floor and Wall Framing
Roof and Ceiling Framing
Other General Requirements

8. Interesting Facts
Kilauea is Hawaii's youngest volcano and one of the world's most active. It is 23 years old, and has had 55 eruptions.
It has had the most voluminous outpouring of lava on the volcano's east rift zone in the past five centuries.
It has destroyed 189 structures since 1983, but none since 2002

9. Resources