Hawaiian Ridge-Emperor Seamounts (click on)
The Hawaiian Islands are part of this Earth dynamics. Over the past week there has been consistent seismic activity along the Aleutian Trench off Alaska. As can be seen easily in this image of the sea floor there is a 'consistent' ridge that runs to the Aleutian Trench. It is only reasonable to believe that if there is activity along that trench there is going to be movement in the Pacific Plate.
The Hawaiian Islands were generated from a 'hot spot' of volcanic movement. The 'hot spot' never moves. It is almost as though the Pacific Plate revolves around it. At any rate, as the Pacific Plate moves the sea floor over the 'hot spot' changes generating submersed land from eruptions. The islands move northwest along that ridge. The latest earthquakes moved the Hawaii Island northwest. It is completely obvious to me what the cause of the earthquake was and the fact the earthquakes the week previous at the Aleutian Trench occurred was a strong indicator the event would happen.
Also noted there was signifant weather over the earthquake epicenter as well.
