Hualalia is the hawaiian islands third most active volcano and the third most youngest volcano in the islands. This volcano was covered by lava 5,000 years ago. The volcano is said to have caused most of the earthquakes because of its instability of its young age, the crust on the volcano is thinner than the other older volcanoes on the other islands.
   The volcano is 8,271 feet up above sea level, which will tell you that it is young for a volcano that was erupting 300,000 years ago or less, below sea level. People think that it will erupt in a few decades, in the mean time people there will enjoy the scenery until it erupts again.