Campi Flegrei has been rated as the most dangerous volcano in the world, beating the likes of Yellowstone at the top. Also known as Phlegraean Fields, Campi Flegrei is the only supervolcano in Europe, which lies beneath Naples, Italy.
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Its formation about 39,000 years ago caused lava and rock to be eroded hundreds of kilometers away in the heaviest volcanic eruption in Europe’s last 200,000 years.
It is the most densely volcanic region in the world, with three million people living near the city of Naples.
According to one expert, even a small eruption can trigger a mass evacuation.
Boris Behnck, a volcanologist at the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanoes (INGV), said the eruption at Campi Flegre could match the Plenian eruption.
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The Pelinian Revolution occurred in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius, Italy, invaded Pompeii, destroying all of its inhabitants.
Campi Flegre could deliver a similar eruption, Behnk said.
Volcanologist Campi Flegre compared Yellowstone when he said Yellowstone had the potential to cause more damage.
“Yellowstone, perhaps the most famous supervolcano, is not only” late “, he wrote on Twitter,” but if it does erupt again, it is likely to produce a relatively small eruption, with no possibility of global consequences. “
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“The most potentially dangerous volcano on the planet right now is not Yellowstone (a national park, with a small population nearby), but Campi Flegre in Italy, which has a third of Naples’ IT population (plus several other cities, a population of around 600,000 people).
Even a small volcanic eruption at Campi Flegre would require the timely (and preferably organized) evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents, numbers that would swell to the millions if an eruption developed into a Pliny-style event.
However, despite the fact that Yellowstone and Campi Flegre have been postponed, Behunk says that’s not the case.
Alternatively, a volcano can show some signs of activity and then disappear without any signs of eruption.
He said, “Volcanoes don’t erupt when we think they’re” too late “.
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“Being late is a human concept; mountains erupt when magma can reach the surface.
This is not always the case: magma often stops at a certain depth, loses gas and cools, and becomes ‘unbreakable’.
“We now know that there have been many ‘failed volcanic eruptions’, which often display the typical signs of disturbances (earthquakes, gas emissions and Earth deformation) announcing an eruption, but not after. This is one of them. major challenges in volcanology. talks.
A “supervolcanic” (term imho) does not always produce a giant “super bang.”
“Most of their activity consists of volcanic eruptions of small to medium size, which will have a limited effect over a limited area.”
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