WHERE THEY ARE
This disaster is not very common; actually, volcanoes erupt 50 to 60 times annually, so there's close to 1 volcanic eruption each week. Volcanic eruptions happen more in an area dubbed as the Ring of Fire, which is volcanoes linked and circling around the Pacific Ocean, where about 80% of Earth's volcanoes are found (earthquakes are also frequent here). Places like Yellow Stone in Wyoming and Montana, Australian regions such as Central Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria and Southeast Asia contain volcanoes called supervolcanoes, or volcanoes that erupt about a thousand times more lava than a regular volcano would.
Volcanoes have also made their marks in history. In Pompeii, Italy, 79 A.D., Mt. Vesuvius, the most dangerous and deadly volcano in the world, erupted and buried the entire city in a blanket of ash. There have been journal entries and bodies recovered from the disaster, giving us accurate recounts of the historical happening and also teaching us ways of how they lived life back then. Mt. Vesuvius struck again in 1780 B.C. when it began to spout clumps of overheated lava, ash, and rocks 22 miles into the sky. Volcanoes erupt around the northern winter because there is more land for snow and rain to take purchase upon, which decreases the sea level. Slowly but surely, the pressure that is put on the coastlines and island causes eruptions. Some people say volcanoes don't support the time of year, and that they can erupt unexpectedly, and although researchers and scientists have found this to be untrue, it's still highly debatable. Unless you're living an area close to a volcano, you need not worry about eruptions. |
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