• Question: How likely is it a super volcano wll go off soon

    Asked by thecatcannon to David on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      David Pyle answered on 24 Mar 2011:


      It is very unlikely. There have been an average of fewer than 2 supervolcano eruptions every million years over the past 15 million years, and there is only a 1% chance of a supereruption in the next 8000 years.

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