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The Hawaiian hot spot has been active for nearly 80 million years, it first formed the Meiji seamount 80 million years ago.

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Kauai is the oldest island formed about 5 million years ago. The islands further northwest are the oldest with Kauai being the furthest northwest.

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This stage is when magma erupts through the sea floor and creates a shield volcano underwater that eventually breaks the surface of the ocean.

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This stage takes place after the volcano has broken the surface of the ocean. The volcano continues to erupt building out its shield shape for about 500,000 years to 1,000,000 years. Eventually, the top of the volcano collapses and forms a caldera volcano.

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After the caldera collapses it gets filled in as the volcano continues to erupt and it slowly moves away from the hot spot.

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The erosional stage begins as soon as the volcano breaks the surface of the water. This stage includes erosion which slowly flattens the mountains. This includes landslides and events that cause unstable parts to collapse.

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Found primarily on the lee ward side of the island the next stage of the island formation is the building of the coral reefs.

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After a final period of erupting the volcano drifts far enough away from the hot spot causing the island to slowly sink causing it to form an atoll. Most of the northwestern islands are in this stage.

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The largest and youngest island is often called the big island is only about 500,000 years old and is still getting larger.