These eight main Hawaiian islands are made up of 15 volcanoes, which are the youngest in a much longer linear chain of volcanoes. It is approximately 1,500 miles of mostly uninhabitable atolls.

HAWAII COUNTY, Hawaii (Island News) -- A recent rash of earthquake ... Right now, a part of Chain of Craters Road is closed after cracks formed due to the seismic activity. The cracks were found ...

Maui's Haleakala volcano and the rest of the Hawaiian Islands formed out of molten lava as the Pacific plate drifted over the hotspot as three to four inches a year. Map Source: TASA Graphic Arts ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist and author Sara Kehaulani Goo about her new book "Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai'i." ...