Important Takeaways:
- Is it possible that the Yellowstone supervolcano is gearing up for a major eruption? When most people think of Yellowstone, they tend to conjure up images of “Old Faithful”, Yogi Bear and a television show starring Kevin Costner. But the reality of the matter is that Yellowstone poses a very serious threat to all of us. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is actually sitting directly above a massive supervolcano.
- So when Yellowstone shakes, that should definitely get our attention.
- In late January, a magnitude 3.9 earthquake was keenly felt throughout Yellowstone National Park…
- Subsequently, there were two very alarming earthquake swarms in the area during the month of February…
- February seismicity in Yellowstone was marked by two swarms.
- A swarm of 18 earthquakes was located approximately 13 miles south-southwest of Mammoth, in Yellowstone National Park, during February 1–8. The largest earthquake in the sequence was a magnitude 1.6 on February 3 at 1:24 AM MST.
- A swarm of 11 earthquakes took place approximately 5 miles south-southeast of West Thumb, in Yellowstone National Park, on February 11. The largest earthquake in the sequence was a magnitude 2.4 on February 11 at 1:44 AM MST.
- I want to be very clear about something.
- There is absolutely no reason to panic at this stage.
- But I do believe that we should be watching.
- So exactly what would a full-blown eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano mean for the United States and for the rest of the world?
- The magma “hotspot” underneath Yellowstone is approximately 300 miles wide.
- A full-blown eruption of Yellowstone could be up to 1,000 times more powerful than the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
- According to Google AI, a full-blown eruption of Yellowstone could send volcanic ash “up to 30-50 miles high”.
- According to Wikipedia, the Yellowstone Caldera has been “rising as quickly as 150 millimeters (5.9 in) per year”.
- There are more than a thousand earthquakes in the Yellowstone area every single year.
- In the event of a full-blown eruption of Yellowstone, virtually the entire northwest United States will be completely destroyed
- A full-blown eruption of Yellowstone would mean that just about everything within a 100-mile radius of Yellowstone would be immediately killed.
- A full-blown eruption of Yellowstone could potentially dump a layer of volcanic ash that is at least 10 feet deep up to 1,000 miles away.
- The “volcanic winter” that a massive Yellowstone eruption would cause would radically cool the planet. Some scientists believe that global temperatures would decline by up to 20 degrees. This would result in a horrific global famine.
- America would never be the same again after a massive Yellowstone eruption. Some scientists believe that a full eruption by Yellowstone would render two-thirds of the United States completely uninhabitable.
- Scientists tell us that it is not a matter of “if” Yellowstone will erupt again but rather “when” the next inevitable eruption will take place.
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Important Takeaways:
- ‘Be prepared for all outcomes’: Inside the saga of a supervolcano that’s waking up
- The most dangerous volcanic threat in Italy right now is one you’ve probably never heard of: Campi Flegrei, or the Phlegraean Fields.
- More than 500,000 of the locals live in what Italy’s civil protection agency has deemed a “red zone,” an area encompassing 18 towns that’s at highest risk in the event of an eruption. An additional 3 million residents of Naples live immediately outside the eastern edge of the caldera, according to the civil protection agency.
- Seismic activity in the area has been intensifying since December of 2022
- The entire volcanic zone is also experiencing a surge in earthquakes that has rattled nerves and sent residents seeking safety out into the streets.
- So far in 2023 Campi Flegrei has recorded more than 3,450 earthquakes, 1,118 of which occurred in August alone. This is more than triple the previous year’s total, according to INGV’s data. More than 500 earthquakes occurred in October, the strongest of which hit 4.0 magnitude, followed by a dozen aftershocks.
- “We can’t yet say for sure what will happen. The important point is to be prepared for all outcomes.”
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Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Europe’s most dangerous supervolcano ‘on verge of eruption’ and may spark global winter
- An eruption could cause mass extinctions, obliterate crops, and see people living nearby evacuated – but scientists deny such an incident is “inevitable” and explain what triggers would push it to potential breaking point.
- The crust of the Campi Flegrei volcano, near Naples in southern Italy, is becoming weaker and more prone to rupturing, “making an eruption more likely”, research recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment said.
- If the eruption was to be similar to its largest previous one, it would launch molten rock and volcanic gases high into the stratosphere.
- This would lead to 100-feet-high (33.5 meters) tsunamis and the spread of sulfur and toxic ash that could plunge Earth into global winter for years, destroying crops and wildlife alike.
- And most at risk are the roughly 500,000 people whose homes lie near the super volcano – many of them in the coastal town of Pozzuoli
- Lead author Professor Christopher Kilburn (UCL Earth Sciences) said: “Our new study confirms that Campi Flegrei is moving closer to rupture.”
- There is an evacuation plan in place for those living near the dormant volcano. People would be moved out within three days, either by their own transport or buses, trains and boats.
- However, scientists are not saying a huge eruption of the scale capable of causing global winter is inevitable, with two conditions being necessary before that happens.
- For volcanoes to blow, gases must build up faster than they can escape, and magma also needs to be able to move rapidly through the crust where a crack has formed. Scientists cannot know for certain these conditions have been met until an eruption takes place.
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