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Cumbre Vieja volcano post eruption phase! Time to say goodbye for volcano-thank you for all support :)
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is that kinda like the Chernobyl second explosion theory where the "lava" hitting water would cause the thermal explosion because of the instant super heating?
Quoting: Disenfranchised Godzilla1980 The problem is with deformation ,the terrain inflates .Imagine something pushing the terrain upward and being hot mass.If lava mixes with water then we have very serious eruption .But deformation itself can cause troubles sliding the part of island to the water so if it where to slide like Mt St Helens would that cause a significant tsunami or we talking about a landslide that would make that pale in comparison? Land mass size of Manhattan would slide to water in worst case scenario .I don't know how big was land mass of Mt St Helens landslide (I know it was huge landslide one the biggest ) Mt St Helens doesn't even come close in comparison. Additionally at Mt St Helens it was only a flank of the volcano that actually created slid and it wasn't into a ocean. If you look at a satellite image of the island you can see what looks like a spine almost directly in the middle running up towards the volcano crater. This is where the problem is. This is where the deformation is occurring IF the right circumstances occur you are talking about 1/2 of a 20 mile islands land mass slipping into the ocean. The unknowns are of course, would be if it all goes and if so does it do so slowly or rapidly. The worst case of course would be the entire 1/2 rapidly falling into the ocean. The modern World has never experienced anything like this and the death and destruction would be at frightening levels....
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