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Where are super volcanoes in the world?
Volcanoes that have produced exceedingly voluminous pyroclastic eruptions and formed large calderas in the past 2 million years include Yellowstone, Long Valley in eastern California, Toba in Indonesia, and Taupo in New Zealand.
How many Super volcanoes exist around the world?
There are about 12 supervolcanoes on Earth — each one at least seven times larger than Mount Tambora, which had the biggest eruption in recorded history. If all of these supervolcanoes erupted at once, they’d likely pour thousands of tons of volcanic ash and toxic gases into the atmosphere.
Could Mount St Helens erupt again?
Scientists say Mount St. Helens is the most active volcano in the Cascades and the most likely to erupt again, perhaps in this generation, but they can’t predict years in advance when or how big it will be. There have been two significant eruptions at Mount St. Helens in the past 35 years.
What would happen if the Yellowstone National Park volcano erupted?
If the supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park ever had another massive eruption, it could spew ash for thousands of miles across the United States, damaging buildings, smothering crops, and shutting down power plants. It’d be a huge disaster.
How many super volcanoes are in the United States?
The 3 US Super Volcanoes That Can Destroy the World as we Know it! When one of these 3 volcanoes erupts there will be total chaos. Some experts even say that the US will become a large ash desert with no one left alive.
What are the names of all the super volcanoes?
The Discovery Channel has documented seven known super volcanoes: the Yellowstone, Long Valley, and Valles Calderas in the United States; Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia; Taupo Volcano, North Island, New Zealand; Aira Caldera, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan; and the Siberian Traps, Russia.
What is the largest volcano on Earth?
Largest volcanoes. The largest known volcano on Earth is Tamu Massif, but its peak is about 2 kilometers below the surface of the northwest Pacific Ocean (about 1500 kilometers east of Japan, at about 158°E, 33°N). It covers around 120,000 square miles, roughly the size of the state of New Mexico.
Where are the super volcanoes?
There are three super volcanoes in the world. One is found underneath Yellowstone park in the United States, another near Mexico city and the third in Italy.