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Growth of seismic activity in Yellowstone: 5 billion people may die in the event of a volcanic eruption

Over the past 28 days, the 73 earthquake occurred in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, the newspaper writes Express. All tremors were relatively small. The most powerful earthquake was recorded on April 29, its power was 2,6 points.

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Since the beginning of May, the number of jolts has increased, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Scott Burns, a professor of geology at Portland State University, says that numerous small tremors around the volcano mean that magma and gases beneath the surface are beginning to move upward.

In turn, Jamie Farrell from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City believes that this is only part of the natural cycle of Yellowstone volcano.

“Numerous earthquakes are quite common in Yellowstone. There is no indication that this is due to magma moving through the shallow crust,” he says.

A number of earthquakes were also accompanied by a sudden eruption of Ledge-Geyser, which did not show any activity for three years until April 28.

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Experts study the behavior of geysers to find out if their activity indicates that an eruption may occur in Yellowstone. If this volcano erupts, about 87 thousands of people will die, and two-thirds of the United States will become uninhabitable.

A large release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere would block sunlight and directly affect life on Earth, creating a “nuclear winter.”

An eruption can be a thousand times more powerful in 6 than the eruption of St. Helens volcano in Washington in 1980, which resulted in the death of 57 people, and in different states and five Canadian provinces ashes formed.

Scientists note that the Yellowstone volcano in the northwest United States is one of the largest potential natural disasters. Located among the picturesque mountains and valleys of Yellowstone National Park, the supervolcano is active and under constant surveillance.

Dr. Jerzy Zaba from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, believes that an eruption at Yellowstone could cause a devastating climate change.

“I predict that an eruption similar to the one that occurred 640 thousand years ago could destroy most of the United States. The erupted materials will cover an area within a radius of 500 km and a layer one meter thick,” says the scientist.

“Due to the release of volcanic ash, gases and sulfur oxide into the atmosphere, we may witness cooling. Sulfur monoxide can create a thin curtain of sulfuric acid around the planet, blocking sunlight. This situation will continue for many years. “I estimate that about 5 billion people will die of hunger due to the effects of climate change,” the scientist adds.

According to the expert, if Yellowstone erupts, the only reasonable decision that can be taken is to flee the North American continent.

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According to the scientist, there are no mechanisms and tools to prevent a volcanic eruption.

“The only thing that can be done is to evacuate people. However, if we are talking about an entire nation, which by the way is quite large, then we need to evacuate to another continent. These are forces over which people have no influence and must observe with incredible humility,” notes the Polish scientist.

According to him, it is impossible to predict when exactly the eruption will occur. Over the past 36 of millions of years, a total of 42 eruptions of supervolcano have occurred, which occurred on average less than once per million years.

The activities of the Yellowstone Volcano are monitored every day by the Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory (YVO) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

YVO scientists track ground elevation and seismic activity.

The first of the three giant eruptions of Yellowstone's supervolcano occurred 2,1 a million years ago and formed the caldera of Island Park, and also formed the tuff deposits of Huckleberry Ridge. Then the mountain chains broke up from the explosions, emissions rose to an altitude of 50 km - to the upper boundary of the stratosphere; volcanic ash covered more than a quarter of North America.

The second eruption of Supervolcano occurred 1,3 a year ago; then the emissions of the awakened Yellowstone amounted to 280 cubic kilometers. As a result, formed a large caldera Henris-Fork.

The third eruption took place 640 000 years ago; it was twice as weak as the first time. As a result of the eruption, the top of the volcano collapsed, forming a caldera - a huge circular depression with a circumference of 150 km. In addition, the eruption formed lava creek tuff deposits.

Summary of the Yellowstone Volcano:

  1. Since the last eruption of Yellowstone, about 640 000 years have passed. Geologists have discovered 80 non-explosive eruptions.
  2. Although there is no apparent consistency in Yellowstone eruptions, the last three explosions occurred in the interval between 600-800 thousands of years.
  3. The University of Utah plays an active role in monitoring earthquakes and other seismic activity in Yellowstone.
  4. As a rule, more than 1000 earthquakes occur in Yellowstone National Park every year.
  5. The next major eruption in Yellowstone is likely to be hydrothermal rather than volcanic.

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