8-2018 Current Volcanic Activity

This is just an overview of the current volcanic activity.

Volcanoes are becoming active across the world. The increase is unbelievable. Many, long dormant or extinct are waking up. I saw Mt Etna & Italy on the list for July. Plus the plate of Australia  is moving northward causing the crust to thin on the southern edge & creating Maars which are infiltrating the soil & water table.

We also have the gasses off the coast of LA indicating a possible fissure or flood basalt  volcano. Those are the kind that ooze. Like Hawaii. And the new Pine Island active volcano in Antarctica under a glacier.

Just a couple days ago, I mentioned volcanoes in the US which could become active. One of them was Yellowstone. They just found a new 100ft fissure above a 45 mile wide super volcano & shut down part of the park this week. If this super volcano goes off, it will spew ash & Lava from Canada to Mexico in a massive explosion.  This new fissure is a very bad sign. But they aren’t worried. Can’t hinder tourism.

For the last few days, New Zealand’s Vanuatu volcano has been spewing ash 12 kilometers high & causing explosions under the lake. When ash columns go that high, there is extreme danger it will collapse upon itself & become a pyroclastic flow like Pompeii but the fools at Smithsonian, are telling them the danger level is 3 of 5 & don’t even mention the pyroclastic flow danger from a high ash column. 12 km is about 30,000 ft. Even I know this. I’m not a volcano expert but my research seems to have superceded the volcano warning team’s competency level. The ash fall is impacting the NZ food, water & health.

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Krakatau in Indonesia. Or at least those of you over 50. It has become active again the last few days. It is famous as a killer volcano.

I’m only mentioning the famous volcanoes but each of the following countries have several volcanoes becoming active & shooting plumes in the air. This is the first time I’ve heard of a volcano in France (Indian Ocean). Several in Guatemala, Russia, Costa Rica, Mexico, more in Indonesia. Several in Japan, Java, Ecuador, Chili, Peru, Hawaii & Alaska.

Etna & Stromboli in Italy. Even one in the UK. I didn’t know they had one. (Sandwich Islands) Nicaragua, Congo & Ethiopia as well.

Lassen in California last erupted in 1917 & seismic activity in 1992 could make it a threat.

The long valley caldera is another super volcano near Mammoth lakes which is about 300 miles long if my memory serves. They are dismissing recent seismic activity, gas & tree kill to something else. This seriously concerns me.

St Helens last erupted in 2008.

We have over 1116 volcanoes in the US. What a shock.

Here are the links  you can look up more details beyond this week.

There are 3 pages of all US volcanoes on this link.

https://volcano.si.edu/database/search_volcano_results.cfm

Here are the weekly reports for global volcanoes.

https://volcano.si.edu/reports_weekly.cfm