Why wouldnt you live next to a volcano?
605569
You could die if it erupted
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Volcanoes occur in hotspots where the earths crust is thin, most often around subduction zones, or areas where the tectonic plates are colliding and one plate is sliding under the other. There are other places where volcanos or hotspots occur, such as Hawaii, but in that case the chain of islands known as Hawaii are being pushed north by the movement of the tectonic plate there. In fact right now there is another island being built beneath the ocean just south of the main island. The earth is slowly cooling though events such as these. Beneath the crust the magma is under intense pressure and it has to escape somewhere, so it does escape at these weak places in the earths crust which we call volcanos.\n\nOf course I could have just plagarized my answer like  mikah_nine, but instead I opted to answer from my own knowledge and even include a source.
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h*** no why should they. not if we put it on our side of the land.
690677
I'd have to agree with Kidd - the largest major city at immediate risk from volcanic eruption would be Naples in Italy.  But similarly, those mentioned in Washington are also at risk from the Cascade volcanoes - not so much from eruption eject but from mudflows (lahars).  I'm sure there are some major cities in Indonesia that are near major volcanoes, and those cities are also at great risk, as are most Japaneese cities.
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This is funny because I live in Nicaragua. \n\nHere are a couple of reasons:\n1. Nicaragua is part of "The Ring of Fire", which is a huge chain of volcanoes in the world. One knows that where there are young volcanoes, there are earthquakes.\n2. There is a great amount of fault lines as well. Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, was built on top of huge fault lines. That is why in 1972, there was a huge earthquake which completely shattered the land. \n3. It is a young land made up of the Great Rift and was formed relatively little time ago. If you see representations of what the earth looked like millions of years ago, you will realize that Central America formed way after South America and North America did. Also, that's why you cant find any animals like Dinosaurs here. The land is just not old enough.\n\nTo sum it up, 1) volcanoes, ring of fire 2) faults and 3) young land.\nSome volcanoes here are: San Cristobal, Cerro Negro (which erupts a lot), Volcan Masaya aka San Diego, Concepcion, Madera. \n\nWe're full of tectonic plates!
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Volcanoes have a close association with subduction zones.  Proximity to an active subduction zone is an indication of possible volcanic, as well as possible earthquakes, hazards.  The "Ring of Fire" - the collection of volcanoes rimming the pacific Ocean - is really a ring of subduction zones.  \n\nFor a geographic map of the "Ring of Fire", look at these links (they're images only): http://virgil.org/dswo/fs/japantour/shared/ring-of-fire-plates.jpg\nand\nhttp://www.standeyo.com/Reports/041222.EQ.warning/West.Coast/ring.of.fire.gif\n\nA few volcanoes are associated with contintnal rift zones, for instance, Kilimanjaro and other volcanoes of the East African Rift System.\n\nAs with earthquakes, a few volcanic anomalies are not associated with plate boundaries.  Hawaii is one: an isolated hotspot in the mantle apparently accounts for the Hawaiian Islands.\n\nOther hotspots lie under the Galapagos Islands, Iceland, and Yellowstone National Park.\n\n\nFor a world map for all the active volcanoes, look at this:\nhttp://www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/wms/allegrowqtask5.htm\n\n---\nWhile I was looking for images, I came across some cool pics of volcanic eruptions... throught you might be interested as well :)\n\nhttp://earth.esa.int/applications/data_util/ndis/volcano/etna/ip_12060.gif\n\nhttp://www.exn.ca/news/images/1999/08/11/19990811-spewlava.jpg\n\nhttp://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/images/Aug-13-1999/volcano.jpeg\n\nhttp://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/images/0001n012.jpg\n\nhttp://www.vacationcity.com/images/stock/volcanoes/11623-costa-rica-arenal-volcano-at-night_200x150t.jpg\n\nhttp://www.uspanteco.org/Uspanteco%20Website%20Fotos/scenes%20volcano%20Fuego%20web.jpg\n\nhttp://www.arenal.net/photo-gallery.htm <<< loads of pics here\n\nhttp://www.malapascua.de/Volcanoe-Map/Mayon__Philippines/Vulkan_MAYON-3/Mayon_Volcano_Eruption_by_Night.jpg\n\nhttp://www.decadevolcano.net/photos/europe/etna/2004/etna_46615.jpg\n\nhttp://www.decadevolcano.net/photos/europe/etna/2004/etna_46033.jpg\n\nhttp://www.decadevolcano.net/photos/hawaii/2003/hawaii_37512.jpg\n\nI got a little carried away, but ... meh! Volcanoes are fun :p \n\nCheers! :)
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Check out all the links I listed, you should enjoy...\n\nA volcano is an opening (or rupture) in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, usually molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from deep below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a period of time.\n\nVolcanoes are generally found where two to three tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together. A mid-oceanic ridge, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by "divergent tectonic plates" pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by "convergent tectonic plates" coming together. By contrast, volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another (like the San Andreas fault). Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching of the Earth's crust and where the crust grows thin (called "non-hotspot intraplate volcanism"), such as in the African Rift Valley or the European Rhine Graben with its Eifel volcanoes).\n\nFinally, volcanoes can be caused by "mantle plumes," so-called "hotspots;" these hotspots can occur far from plate boundaries, such as the Hawaiian Islands. Interestingly, hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the solar system, especially on rocky planets and moons.
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The two most likely volcanoes in the US (other than Hawaii) are Mt St Helens and Mt Hood. Either could erupt next year or in 30 years, it's only a matter of time.
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Staying underground would be a very bad plan. Namely because lava and pyroclastic flows heat up the ground beneath it. So's open areas. Best course of action is to either not live there or evacuate willingly when you are told to.\n\nAs for where to go? You'd need to look at what the people telling you to evacuate said. Pyroclastic flows vary depending on gas content, ash volume, etc. If Yellowstone blew, which seems to be a hot button topic even though we couldn't accurately predict such a thing, the distance you would need to evacuate would be greater than most because of what the estimated volume could be. I really wouldn't worry about it too much though because you're in Oklahoma.\n\nAs for the village thing, if it were true (I have no idea if it is) they would have likely it survived because the flow of lava and such went off the mountain side opposite them.
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They are small volcanos.
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It may gas off or have some activity,but the conditions that created it will probably not happen again.No one should be ramping up fear of the super volcanoes as there is not even a scintilla of enough earth heating to make them blow.
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Iceland is not that dangerous to live in actually. It's safer than most other countries in the world. We do have volcanoes, earthquakes, avalanches and other natural disasters, but they don't pose that big a threat if you know how to be careful and how to react when something happens.\n\nAvalanches are a threat in some villages, but most of the country is safe from avalanches. Strong earthquakes are rare and because Icelandic buildings are very strong and built to endure earthquakes, even strong earthquakes don't do much harm. Volcanoes only pose a threat in some areas and they are observed carefully by scientists so that those areas can be evacuated quickly if needed, which is almost never necessary.\n\nVery few people die in natural disasters in Iceland and the crime rate is very low and less people die in accidents than in most other places and there is good health care and high standards of living, so you are actually a lot safer in Iceland than in most other places in the world. You just need to learn a few basic survival skills about our natural phenomenons and that's it. :)
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There are pre-tremors associated with impending earthquakes in well defined regions.  However, these are seismic as well, and not associated with the atmosphere.  There is no one sign in the atmosphere, and certainly not three.
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I lived in California...and dont worry it will split one day by a Fiery Volcano...and you can have ur wish.
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Disadvantages: destruction during eruptions,  magma flowing and ash clouds destoys everything on its way, earthquakes are frequent near active volcanoes.\n\nAdvantages: Volcanoes during eruptions throw out materials containing lots of minerals that turn into very fertile soils. After an eruption the land turns to be excellent for agriculture for many years. For example Greek and Roman civilizations settled on the fertile volcanic soils in the Mediterranean-Aegean region.
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Mount Pinatubo is (thank God) dormant... if it ever become active again... it's ashes will reach other neighboring countries.... if a volcano is completely dormant for very very long years and the crater seems sealed-up and no more magma flows inside... it's EXTINCT.
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Everyone would be affected. Ash from the explosion of any volcano can travel around the globe in a matter of days. Ash can cause serious problems if it comes in large enough quantities (mainly blocking out the sunlight). The ashfall from Mt. St. Helens in Washington reached places in upper Idaho in a short period of time, so just think what would happen if a supervolcano (say, Yellowstone) went off...