When the whole of Europe was experiencing political catastrophes, the earth in the United States trembled in the most literal sense - an earthquake occurred in the national park in Wyoming, the strength of which was almost 5 points, and all the media reported that soon the end of the world will come.
What happened this April in a US state national park?
This spring, experts around the world began to sound the alarm about the fact that the Yellowstone volcano in America began to show its activity, to wake up. The reason for this was several earth tremors, the strongest of which was 4.8 magnitude, and a significant increase in water temperature in geyser lakes. According to experts, this can cause catastrophic consequences, up to the Apocalypse. So far, no end of the world has happened, although this volcano is waking up in America, but how long will this rather calm life last? Nobody can even imagine this. In fact, people know no more about the processes that take place underground than about what is happening inthe far ends of space, and perhaps when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up, we will all be in for a nasty surprise. As we said, this can only be guessed at.
Which volcano is waking up in America? What's special about the Yellowstone Volcano?
It is located in Wyoming, in the Yellowstone National Park. The park itself is very beautiful, and in particular the Yellowstone Volcano, photos of these places speak of this. The volcano is so huge that not everyone will even notice it up close. You may simply not understand that what you are looking at is the mouth of a volcano. In fact, this is a huge "bowl" in the mountains, which are located on the territory of the national park. In scientific terms, this "bowl" is called a caldera. It covers an area of 4 thousand square kilometers. For a more accurate representation, let's say that the area of the "bowl" is one and a half squares in Moscow and two squares in Tokyo. At present, it is the most powerful active volcano on Earth. According to scientists, the force of the eruption of this volcano will be comparable to the force of an explosion of a thousand atomic bombs.
Volcano that can't calm down
Also, scientists have found that over the past 17 million years, with a frequency of approximately 600 thousand years, this volcano wakes up in America. During eruptions, huge amounts of ash and lava are ejected to the surface. In the caldera, the thickness of the earth's crust is only 400 meters, and on average on the planet its thickness is 40 kilometers. According toresearchers, the last time the Yellowstone volcano erupted 640 thousand years ago. So, perhaps soon we will talk about the fact that the Yellowstone volcano is waking up in America. And on Earth, another large-scale catastrophe begins, as a result of which all life dies.
Will the world end when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up?
Some researchers believe that the risk of disaster is very high. According to them, the force of the eruption will be comparable to the force of the cataclysm that occurred during the birth of life on Earth. Many thousands of cubic kilometers of lava will be poured into the United States. Those places where lava does not reach will be covered with volcanic ash. All of North America will turn into a sparsely inhabited desert.
Other countries, according to experts, also cannot avoid trouble, because the ash will rise into the earth's atmosphere and cover the entire surface of our planet from the sun's rays. There will be a very long night all over the earth. It will be impossible to see anything even at arm's length.
On Earth, deprived of solar heat, winter will reign. The temperature in different parts of the planet will drop to a level of -15 to -50 degrees. Plants will die, agricultural production will drop sharply. People will start dying of hunger and hypothermia. According to experts, 99% of the world's population will die, and the countdown to the beginning of these terrible days has already begun…
What are the signs that an eruption is near?
It's far from a fact that the experts are right and everything will end as scary as it is described above. However, since the beginning of 2014, according to various sources, from 60 to 200 tremors have occurred in Yellowstone. The strongest of them was recorded on March 30, its power was, as already mentioned, 4.8 points. The temperature of many geyser lakes in the national park has risen sharply by 20 degrees. This means that magma moves along the faults in the earth's crust to the surface of the Earth.
According to scientists, in the event of an explosion of a volcano in Yellowstone, a giant array of magma, the size of which will be somewhere around 80 by 20 kilometers, can spill onto the earth. The end of the world may not happen, and not many people will die, or even everyone will survive, but the American economy could be de alt a significant blow. It is quite possible that other countries will have to help the United States cope with the consequences of the catastrophe that may arise due to the fact that the Yellowstone volcano in America is waking up.
What else could happen if a Yellowstone volcano explodes?
As is already clear, reports of the imminent end of the world after the earth tremors in Yellowstone are somewhat premature. Definitely it will not start right now or in the near future. However, the fact that it will not happen at all cannot be guaranteed either. It is possible that there will be a giant earthquake in Yellowstone, which, no doubt, will also cause significant damage.
In general, the possibility of an eruption and the consequences that will be when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up cannot be saidCertainly, one can only guess. Perhaps, not everything is told to ordinary people and something is hidden from them. Nobody can say for sure about this. It is only known that in the spring the US government did not carry out the evacuation of people from areas close to the Yellowstone National Park.
