When all of Europe was experiencing political disasters, the earth shook literally in the United States - an earthquake occurred in a national park in Wyoming, which amounted to almost 5 points, and all media reported that the world would end soon.
What happened in April this year in the US state park?
This spring, experts from around the world began to sound the alarm that Yellowstone volcano in America began to show its activity, to wake up. The reason for this was a few earth tremors, the strongest of which was a power of 4.8 points, 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 wakes up in America, but how long will this rather quiet life go on? Nobody can even guess that. In fact, people know no more about the processes that take place underground than about what is happening in the far reaches of space, and perhaps when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up, we all get an unpleasant surprise. As we have said, this can only be guessed at.
Which volcano wakes up in America? What is special about Yellowstone Volcano?
It is located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park. The park itself is very beautiful, and in particular the Yellowstone volcano, photos of these places speak about this. The volcano is so huge that not everyone will even notice it near it. You may just not understand that what you are looking at is a vent of a volcano. In fact, this is a huge "bowl" in the mountains, which are located in the national park. Speaking in scientific language, this "bowl" is called a caldera. It covers an area of 4 thousand square kilometers. For a more accurate presentation, we say that the area of the "bowl" is one and a half squares of Moscow and two squares of Tokyo. This is currently the most powerful 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.
A volcano that cannot calm down
Scientists have also found that over the past 17 million years, with a frequency of approximately 600 thousand years, this volcano wakes up in America. During eruptions, a gigantic amount of ash and lava is thrown onto 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 to researchers, the last time the Yellowstone volcano erupted 640 thousand years ago. So, perhaps soon we will talk about the Yellowstone volcano waking up in America. And on Earth, another massive disaster begins, as a result of which all living things die.
Will the end of the world really happen 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 power of the cataclysm that occurred even 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 small desert.
According to experts, other countries also cannot avoid disaster, because the ashes will rise into the earth's atmosphere and close the entire surface of our planet from sunlight. A very long night will come on the whole Earth. It will be impossible to see anything even at arm's length.
On Earth, devoid of solar heat, winter will reign. The temperature in different regions of the planet will drop to a level of -15 to –50 degrees. Plants will die, agricultural production will decline sharply. People will begin to die of hunger and hypothermia. According to experts, 99% of the world's population will die, and the countdown to the start of these terrible days has already begun ...
What signs indicate that the eruption is already close?
It is far from the fact that the experts are right and everything will end as scary as described above. Nevertheless, from the beginning of 2014 in Yellowstone, according to various sources, from 60 to 200 tremors occurred. 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 rose sharply by 20 degrees. This means that magma moves along the faults of the earth's crust to the surface of the Earth.
According to scientists, in the event of a volcano explosion in Yellowstone, a giant mass of magma can spill onto the earth, the size of which will be somewhere around 80 by 20 kilometers. Perhaps the end of the world will not happen, and not many people will die or all will survive, but the American economy can be dealt a significant blow. It is possible that other countries will have to help the United States cope with the aftermath of the disaster that may arise due to the fact that Yellowstone volcano in America wakes up.
What else could happen in the event of a volcano explosion in Yellowstone?
As already clear, reports of the imminent end of the world after earthquakes in Yellowstone are somewhat premature. Definitely it will not start right now or in the near future. However, the fact that it will not be at all cannot be guaranteed either. Perhaps a huge earthquake will occur in Yellowstone, which will also, without a doubt, cause significant harm.
In general, the possibility of an eruption and the consequences that will be when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up, we can’t say for sure, one can only guess. Perhaps ordinary people are far from being told everything and are hiding something from them. No one will say anything about it for sure. It is only known that in the spring the American government did not evacuate people from areas close to Yellowstone National Park.