Hawai`i—Origin of Earthquakes & What causes them (Educational)
Thousands of earthquakes are recorded in the Hawaiian Islands every year. Most occur in and beneath the Big Island. What causes these earthquakes? This animation offers three general sources for the earthquakes.
Directed by Weston Thelen, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Animation & graphics by Jenda Johnson, Earth Science Animated for IRIS (www.iris.edu/educate)
Narrated by David Sherrod, Cascades Volcano Observatory
Guitar Solo by Dennis McNamara
Made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation
