What a Super Volcano Eruption Would Look Like Today

There are about 50 to 60 volcanoes that erupt every year worldwide, but a Super Volcano only erupts every 60 to 80 thousand years.

This is a good thing for us because a Super Volcano eruption would be detrimental to life on this planet, especially if past eruptions are any indication of what would occur.

Unfortunately for us, there are six known active Super Volcanoes across the globe, two of which are long overdue for an eruption according to some researchers.

Though the possibility of a Super Volcano eruption occurring in our life time is relatively low, the possibility is still there. This possibility has many geologists wondering not only when a super eruption occur, but what would it look like today.

Ancient Eruptions

The last known super eruption occurred roughly 22,000 years ago in Japan. Just prior to that, in geologic time, New Zealand’s Taupo caldera erupted 26,500 years ago.

However, the most worrisome super volcano is the Toba volcano located on Sumatra. If scientists are correct, this volcano nearly wiped out prehistoric humans when it Read more…