In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, there is a huge and dangerous "Pacific Ring of Volcanoes" that concentrates 90% of the world's volcanoes and 80% of the large seismic belts, where an earthquake or volcanic eruption occurs almost every hour. What is even more frightening is that nearly 1/3 of the world's population lives in this dangerous area, including 35 countries such as China, the United States, Russia, Japan, and Canada. How will our country be affected then?
First of all, let's understand this "Ring of Fire" area, this extremely dangerous Pacific Ring of Fire volcanic belt, mainly located in the outer pacific ocean area, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes are often occurring here, the entire Pacific Ring volcanic belt spans about 40,000 kilometers across the map, and the width is also about 500 kilometers. This data can also be imagined, if the volcano really erupted, and there is a super earthquake with it, then this consequence will be an epic dimensionality reduction for the surrounding countries, and may even disappear directly from this earth.
Although this area is called the Ring of Fire, it is more like a semicircle or horseshoe shape, and this Ring of Pacific Volcanic Belt covers the area of many tectonic plates. According to some data, India, Australia, the Philippines and other countries and other smaller plates, all around this huge Pacific plate, and this Pacific Ring of Volcanic Belt is also home to many historical events or earthquakes.
Nearly 90% of the world's earthquakes originate in this volcanic belt, including the 1960 Voldivia earthquake in Chile, which is the strongest earthquake recorded in human history. Also in Indonesia, Mount Tambora is located within the ring, which recorded an eruption in 1815 and is the largest in history. According to the data, there are 75 volcanoes in the world located in this ring.
Although volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are epic natural disasters, they also have a hierarchy, and we will take earthquakes as an example. Some earthquakes with a magnitude below 2.5 are almost invisible to us humans, and in fact there are almost a million such earthquakes every year. Although these earthquakes are nothing to humans, a small earthquake may also have an unprecedented impact on volcanoes, triggering large volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes.
The other is called EVI, which is used to measure the level of volcanic eruptions, which we call a ruler for the time being. From low to high in order of 8 levels, the ruler will use the level to measure the degree of harm of the volcano, the general volcanic eruption is often about 1 level, level 1 is reflected in the volcanic eruption and the lava is attached to the surface flow, for humans can avoid this danger in advance, but in history, there have been many devastating disasters here.
During the 1815 period we mentioned earlier, the great eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia reached a staggering level of 7 or above, which can be regarded as a very serious natural disaster. At that time, the volcanic eruption of the object, as high as more than 40 kilometers, but this does not mean that the lava will erupt to such a high level, including the volcanic gas, volcanic ash, smoke plumes and other harmful objects, it is difficult to imagine a volcanic eruption, can push these things to a height of 40 kilometers. At that time, the eruption of Mount Tambora brought very terrible consequences, including tsunamis and volcanic debris flows, which indirectly led to tens of thousands of casualties and the displacement of countless people.
Several substances brought out by volcanic eruptions mentioned earlier, of which the most harmful are gases and ash, smoke plumes, do not underestimate these things, they can completely change the seasons, in the volcanic eruption of hot rock fragments, hot gas and entrained air composed of fluidized mixtures, in the clouds to form a high-speed movement, and there are larger, darker, more turbulent clouds tightly around the ground, the gas emitted by the volcano, its temperature can reach about 600 to 700 degrees Celsius, And the speed is usually more than one hundred kilometers per hour. So in a sense, it's a huge cloud of burning hot gas that destroys everything that's holding it back.
However, tsunamis, I believe we all know, tsunamis are caused by earthquakes and submarine volcanoes together, but also in the natural disasters are notorious, and now as tsunami waves reach shallower waters, they tend to be higher and larger, and the speed of their growth depends entirely on the depth of the ocean, and we all know how deadly and catastrophic tsunamis are. The 2011 tsunami in Japan is a devastating example of a tsunami that shattered Japan's coastal cities to pieces and caused an irreversible devastating blow, a tsunami rare in recent decades.
Today, we also know that volcanoes and earthquakes and even tsunamis are interrelated, and if hundreds of such disasters erupt at the same time in the Pacific Ring of Volcanic Belt, I can believe that this will be an unprecedented catastrophe. For geologists, the Pacific Rim is like a sleeping lion, although these things take a while to reach the peak, because the scale of the tsunami caused by earthquake volcanoes may be difficult to predict, and how high the plumes and ash will fly, it is not unusual to enter the atmosphere, but if they erupt at the same time, no one can imagine what kind of malignant reaction will be triggered.
As I mentioned before, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions all have varying degrees of impact, with a single major earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption that can bury thousands of lives. If the Pacific Ring of Volcanic Belt erupts at the same time, it is likely to cause irreversible harm to these countries, and it may even happen what we call "the end of the world"!
Among them, the most influential countries are those near the volcanic belt or on the plate, including the Philippines, Japan, the United States, Russia, and other countries. If it is just a simple volcanic eruption, then any plant located near the ring of fire may die within hours or even minutes, the animal's food chain will change significantly, and even many animals will become extinct. And even if the human beings on earth can avoid this catastrophe, they will be affected by bad weather in the next few years, and everywhere all humans will worry about food, because it is difficult to find food that is not polluted on the earth.
Although the consequences of the simultaneous eruption of the Pacific Ring Of Volcanoes are terrible, fortunately the Pacific Ring is not in our country, which means that although some minor geological movements occur in the future, they will not bring harmful earthquakes and volcanoes to our country, so there is not much impact on our country for the time being. If in the future, the Pacific Rim volcanic belt really erupts at the same time, then the global human harm will also be faced together, and our country will certainly not choose to sit still, and will certainly do defensive measures in advance, so that the people of our country can avoid this air disaster.