GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A geologic hazard is an extreme natural events in the crust of the earth that pose a threat to life and property, for example, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis (tidal waves) and landslides.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geologic hazards in Hawai‘i include earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. Some secondary effects of these hazards, such as tsunami, may threaten an even greater region than that affected by the initial event.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geologic hazards cause immense damage, loss of property, and sometimes life. The UW and its partners are working together, using their broad base of expertise, to improve on current and accepted approaches to predicting and mitigating geologic hazards, including earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Landslides of all kinds, including seismically-triggered landslides, debris flows, mud flows, and rock falls. Mineral hazards such as asbestos, radon, and mercury. Volcanic hazards, such as ash fall, lava flows, lahars, pyroclastic flows, toxic gases, and volcanic landslides.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hazards associated with earth processes (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, rock slides and rock falls, soil creep, subsidence, floods, frost heave, coastal hazards).