Is a Large Section of Hawaii Going to Collapse? The Hilina Slump

Every year, a large swath of the Big Island of Hawaii moves an average of approximately 3 inches or 8 centimeters towards the shoreline. Known as the “Hilina Slump“ this steady landslide has led some people to speculate that this large swath of land will all of a sudden eventually collapse into the ocean at once, generating a Pacific wide tsunami. So, is there any evidence which suggests this will occur anytime soon, or is even theoretically possible in the first place? This video will answer these two questions and discuss the feature known as the Hilina Slump. Thumbnail Photo Credit: DATA SOEST/UHM, Image © 2023 CNES / Airbus, Data LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA. This photo was then overlayed with text which was then bordered in black before being overlayed with white text which was moved to the lower right slightly, tilted slightly, overlayed with the GeologyHub logo, overlayed with a red arrow that has a black border, and then overlayed with an orange border overlay. If you would like t