Man if that one goes we will all know about it.
2006-09-03 06:36:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Rising gradually to more than 4 km above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on our planet. Its long submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km, and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km. This makes the volcano's summit about 17 km (56,000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawai`i and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined.
2006-09-03 06:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by missourim43 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is one of about 20 others around the world known as Hot Spots or Mantle Plumes. The biggest eruption in Earth's history is that of Yellowstone 2.1 Million years ago. In this event, 585 cubic miles of rhyolite magma erupted. Compare to that of Mount St Helen's in 1980: 0.9 cubic miles, Tambora in Indonesia in 1815: 12 cubic miles, and Krakatau in 1883: 2.4 cubic miles.
It is possible that Yellowstone will produce another cataclysmic eruption in the next hundreds of thousands of years. See some amazing photos at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/
2006-09-03 07:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by jorge f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty cool question. Already been answered. I suppose big picture it is still a volcano, but the supercell or super volcano.
a Nova and a Super Nova or the same things on differnet scales. But those scales are hard to imagine.
2006-09-07 03:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Politics As Usual, Card Game 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 06:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on Earth with an estimated volume of 9,600 cubic miles (40,000 cubic kilometers). It makes half of the area of the Island of Hawaii.
2006-09-03 06:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by Inquisitive1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certainly is and it erupts every 200 thousand years. There is a movie called "Supervolcano" which depicts the eruption and aftermath of a full scale eruption.
2006-09-03 06:46:38 · answer #6 · answered by Ghidorah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Yellowstone is a super-cell. It should fully erupt every one and every thing will die.
2006-09-05 07:25:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestVolcano.htm
Some sources cite Mauna, but that's an oversight, I think.
2006-09-03 06:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Sure is.
2006-09-03 06:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by pickle head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so.
2006-09-03 06:41:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋