Considering the history of Mt. St. Helens and Kilauea volcanoes and your knowledge of volcano types in different tectonic settings, if you had to live on a volcano, which of the following would you choose if safety was your only concern?

A) Mt. Rainier in the Cascades just north of Mt. St. Helens
B) Mauna Loa in Hawaii, on the Big Island of Hawaii near Kilauea
C) Mt. Spurr in the Aleutian volcanic arc
D) Mt Fujiyama in the Japanese island arc


B

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