Volcanic eruptions are one of the most terrible disaster, could erupt once menimbukkan deaths of hundreds if not thousands, still remind you of the tremendous eruption of Mount Krakatau which occurred in 1883, which caused massive damage and casualties in the thousands. It was horrible not.
And in this world, there are still many left that are still active volcano that could erupt again at any time and claimed thousands of lives. And according toSmashinglist , there are 10 active volcanoes are considered the most dangerous in the world.
The following is a list of 10 active volcanoes of the most dangerous in the world:
10. Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the world (volume and area), with the volume of lava reaches approximately 18,000 cubic miles. Mauna Loa is one of the five mountains that form the Island of Hawaii berapai. Though Mauna Loa is not the highest mountain, but ledakanya is the most dangerous, this is because the content of this volcanic lava mengangdung much fluid can cause severe fires. This mountain last erupted on April 15, 1984.
9. Taal Volcano, Philippines
Taal Volcano is a volcanic complex on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Mount It consists of an island in Lake Taal, which is located in a caldera formed by previous eruptions are very strong (the process is similar to lake Toba). Taal Volcano is located about 50 km (31 Miles) from the capital, Manila. The volcano has erupted several times loud, recorded one of the most powerful eruption in 1991 that killed more than a thousand souls.
8. Ulawun, Papua New Guinea
Ulawun is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea and one of the most dangerous. Gunug is located in Papua New Guinea Bismarck arc. This mountain has been recorded several times erupted, one of the strongest eruption was in 1980, where Ulawun removing ash up to 60,000 feet tall and produce pyroclastic flows that swept all sides of the mountain and menghancurkanya.
7. Mount Nyiragongo, Congo
is one of the most active volcanoes in Africa, the mountain is always revealing keaktifanya activity significantly. Since 1882, he has erupted at least 34 times. One of the worst eruption was on the ladder 17 September 2002, when the lava flowed down the slopes of Nyiragongo to cover about 40% of the city of Goma and left nearly 120,000 people homeless.
6. Mount Merapi, Indonesia
And this is a local product of the mountain, who happened to be located not too far from my hometown, Magelang. Mount Merapi is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. This mountain has been active since 10,000 years ago. Most of the Merapi eruption involving the collapse of the lava dome continues to flow down ka. And sometimes the smoke is often accompanied by a fall in heat (wedhus Gembel) which kecepatanya can reach 120 miles per hour.
5. Galeras, Colombia's
Galeras volcano has been active for at least a million years. Located in southern Colombia near the border with Ecuador. This mountain is the most active volcano in Colombia. This mountain has been erupting almost every year since 2000. This is dangerous because the frequency of unexpected eruptions. This eruption could cause the fall of hot lava up to 3.5 km to the slopes of Mount Galeras. The last eruption terkadi on January 3, 2010, and forced the government to evacuate 8,000 people.
4. Sakurajima, Japan
Sakurajima is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan, the mountain is located on Kyushu island of Japan. The intensity of the eruption of this mountain is one of the highest in Japan and even the world. 7300 even eruption was recorded in the last 45 years. One terdahsyat eruption occurred on March 10, 2009 where the mountain is throwing rocks and other volcanic composition of up to 2 kilometers away.
3. Popocatepetl, Mexico's
Popocatepetl is an active volcano located at an altitude of 5426 meters above sea level. already there are 20 recorded eruptions since 1519. Volcanic eruptions are very powerful, because it can release volcanic ash in a radius far enough. Even since the December 1994 occurred on this mountain harmful activity constantly, until finally a great eruption occurred in 2000 which is the largest eruption in the history of Mount Popocatepetl ever perpetuated.
2. Mount Vesuvius, Italy
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the bay of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometers east of Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano in mainland Europe has erupted in the last hundred years. Famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 years that led to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. This mountain could erupt at any time, and worse there are about 3 million people who live around gunug Vesuvius. This gunug eruption of lava bursts can cause very high, even on March 22, 1994, high bursts of lava reaching 1000 meters.
1. Yellowstone Supervolcano, the United States
you must still remember the 2012 film which tells about the great natural events which destroyed almost the entire population on earth. One of the great natural events was the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. And have calibaration investigate, it turns out Yellowstone Supervolcano memanggunug berapai most dangerous in the world. Yellowstone supervolcano explosion can shoot rocks and other gunug composition up to 1,000 cubic kilometers. lava and volcanic ash eruptions gunug is enough to threaten the extinction of species and can even be one of the causes of a mass disaster, because once the mountain is erupting, it will cause all other volcanoes have tectonic activity massive vibration and can trigger other eruptions .
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