Mount Etna located on the east coast of Sicily is classified as a stratovolcano and is the tallest active volcano in Europe at 3,329 m (10,922 ft). It remains one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes in the world. A major eruption of Etna and other volcanoes close to large cities such as Messina and Catania would be devastating to people, property, infrastructure, the environment, and the global economy.
3. Mount Etna emits lava flow
in the early hours of
February 19, 2013
4. MOUNT ETNA
Mount Etna is the result of convergence
between the African and Eurasian
Plates.
5. MOUNT ETNA
Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano on
the east coast of Sicily and the tallest
active volcano in Europe at 3,329 m
(10,922 ft), is close to Messina and
Catania.
6. Mount Etna, one of the most
active volcanoes in the world,
has been in an almost constant
state of activity for years.
8. ETNA: ONE OF WORLD’S
DANGEROUS VOLCANOES
A major eruption of Etna and other
volcanoes close to major population
centers would be devastating to
people, property, infrastructure, the
environment, and the global
economy.
14. INDONESIA’S MOUNT MERAPI
ERUPTS ON MAY 15, 2006
• Mount Merapi
emitted lava,
debris, and a
pyroclastic
flow or cloud
on May 15.
15. MOUNT SOMMA-VESUVIUS
• Location: Bay
Naples, east of
the city of
Naples, Italy
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Rockville, Md, 20852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Naplesbay01.jpg
27. Krakatau
• Location: between Java and Sumatra
• Date: 26-27 August, 1883
• Time: 2610:02 am (GMT)-The big one!
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Krakatau.html
28. SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT
ANOTHER KRAKATOA ERUPTION ?
!
Krakatoa: Pre-1883 Eruption Anak Krakatoa—Son of Krakatoa