Yellowstone volcano wakes up in America - the end of the world or the usual natural phenomenon?

When the whole of Europe was experiencing a political catastrophe, the earth trembled in the USA in the most literal sense - an earthquake occurred in the Wyoming National Park, the strength of which was almost 5 points, and in all media there were reports that the end of the world would soon come.

What happened in April this year in the national park of the American state?

In the spring of this year, experts all over the world began to sound the alarm about the fact that the Yellowstone volcano in America began to show activity, wake up. The reason for this was several earthquakes, the strongest of which was a 4.8 point, and a significant increase in water temperature in the geyser lakes. According to experts, this can cause catastrophic consequences, right up to the Apocalypse. While no end of the world has happened, even though this volcano wakes up in America, but how long will this rather quiet life last? This no one can even guess. In fact, people know about the processes that take place underground, not more than about what is happening in the far reaches of the cosmos, and, perhaps, when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up, an unpleasant surprise awaits us all. As we said, this can only be guessed.

Which volcano wakes up in America? What is special about the Yellowstone volcano?

He is in Wyoming, in the Yellowstone National Park. The park itself is very beautiful, and in particular the Yellowstone volcano, a photo of these places talk about it. The volcano is so huge that not everyone will even notice it. You can just not understand that what you are looking at is the vole of a volcano. In fact, this is a huge "chalice" in the mountains, which are located in the national park. In scientific terms, this "cup" is called the caldera. It covers an area of 4 thousand square kilometers. For a more accurate representation, let's say that the area of the "cup" is one and a half Moscow squares and two Tokyo squares. At this time it is the strongest volcano in the world. According to scientists, the eruption of this volcano will be comparable to the power of the explosion of thousands of atomic bombs.

A volcano that can not calm down at all

Also, scientists have established that during the last 17 million years, with a periodicity of about 600 thousand years, this volcano wakes up in America. During eruptions, a huge amount of ash and lava is emitted to the surface. In the caldera, the thickness of the earth's crust is only 400 meters, and on the average on the planet its thickness is 40 kilometers. According to researchers, the last time the Yellowstone volcano erupted 640,000 years ago. So, maybe, soon we will talk about the Yellowstone volcano waking up in America. And on Earth the next large-scale catastrophe begins, as a result of which all life dies.

Is it possible that when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up, the end of the world will happen?

Some researchers believe that the risk of a catastrophe is very high. According to them, the eruption force will be comparable to the strength of the cataclysm, which occurred even during the birth of life on Earth. The territory of the United States will be poured many thousands of cubic kilometers of lava. Those places where lava does not reach will be covered with volcanic ash. All of North America will turn into a deserted desert.

Other countries, according to experts, too, do not avoid trouble, since the ashes will rise to the earth's atmosphere and cover the entire surface of our planet from the sun's rays. It will be a very long night on 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 parts of the world will drop to a level from -15 to -50 degrees. Plants will die, the production of agricultural products will be sharply reduced. 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 signs indicate that the eruption is already close?

It's far from the fact that the experts are right and everything will end as scary as told just above. Nevertheless, since early 2014 in Yellowstone, according to various sources, from 60 to 200 tremors occurred. The strongest of them was recorded on March 30, its capacity was, as already said, 4.8 points. The temperature of many geyser lakes in the national park has risen sharply by 20 degrees. This means that magma moves through the earth's crust to the Earth's surface.

According to scientists, in the case of an explosion of a volcano in Yellowstone, a huge mass of magma can be spilled onto the earth, the size of which will be somewhere in the range of 80 to 20 kilometers. Perhaps, the end of the world will not happen, and not so many people will die or in general everyone will remain alive, but the American economy can be dealt a significant blow. It is possible that other countries will have to help the US cope with the consequences of the catastrophe that may arise from the fact that the Yellowstone volcano in America wakes up.

What else can happen in the case of a volcano explosion in Yellowstone?

As is 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. Nevertheless, the fact that it will not be at all can not be guaranteed either. Perhaps in Yellowstone there will be a giant earthquake, which, no doubt, will cause significant harm.

In general, the possibility of an eruption and the consequences that will occur when the Yellowstone volcano wakes up can not be said for certain, one can only guess. Perhaps, ordinary people are not told everything and something is hidden from them. No one will say anything about it exactly. It is only known that in the spring the US government did not begin to evacuate people from areas close to the Yellowstone National Park.