Does Hawaii count as part of the Ring of Fire?

It is within the Ring of Fire. ;-)

Cheers.

Does Hawaii count as part of the Ring of Fire?

It is within the Ring of Fire. ;-)

Cheers.

But, the topic is not related to the Pacific "Ring of Fire". It is within the ring but it's also not related to the ring. It's a hot spot, not a plate boundary. The ring is composed of plate boundaries.

Iceland, Reykjanes:

https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-north-of-grindavik-last-night

Updated 15. February at 16:00 UTC:
Model calculations [...] suggest that magma accumulation from the end of the eruption [...] until yesterday, 14th of February, is about 2 million m3. It was estimated that when the eruption began [...] about 10 million m3 of magma propagated from Svartsengi towards Sundhnúkur crater row. If magma accumulation continues at same rate, a total of 10 million m3 will be accumulated by the end of February or beginning of March, by which time likelihood of dyke propagation and volcanic eruption will increase significantly.

Looks like the same process of magma intrusion followed by dyke propagation and eruption is repeating itself over and over again within ~1.5 months distance. Like in the movie “Groundhog Day". Unfortunately, the history of the Reykjanes Fires of 800 years ago appears to repeat in this century, as mentioned here before. The residents of the evacuated town of Grindavík will probably have to make a very difficult choice at some point: an unpredictable future in their hometown or a completely new beginning somewhere else.

For many residents of Grindavik the very painful decision has been forced on them. There are so many unrecorded cracks, up/down-lifts across the town their homes have become uninhabitable, so they are moving to other towns. As you say this is going to be painful for them, as some will be moving from a place they've lived in for years (and within walking distance of work) to a not only another town, but no longer within walking distance of work. Friends who live in Iceland say many of the designated building plots to the east of Reykjavik are stating to have foundations laid with new houses due to arrive in a few weeks time - the biggest hurdle is the lack of heating and power connections to these new houses.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Iceland is at it again, more or less the same place as the last one. Blue Lagoon evacuated, but no roads or pipes cut (yet).

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Was trying to post the following earlier but site was probably feeling the after shock

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocks New York City, tri-state area

A rare earthquake shook the New York area Friday morning, rattling parts of the Big Apple, Connecticut and New Jersey.

The preliminary 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Lebanon, New Jersey, around 10:23 a.m., according to the US Geological Survey.

Tremors could be felt as far north as New Paltz, New York and as far south as Delaware.

Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy, having fun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68752290