Volcanic Eruption Research

A volcanic eruption is one of the extreme natural events that occur on our planet.  It happens because there is a hot liquid rock called magma that forms in the mantle of the earth’s layer and rises, could be because of too much pressure, and break through the crust then it creates an eruption. One of the examples of a volcanic eruption is the Mayon Volcano eruption which just happened last January this year. The Pacific Ring of Fire plays a big role in why volcanic eruptions occur.

The Pacific Ring of Fire or Circum-Pacific Belt is a horseshoe-shaped basin that shows seismically active regions where volcanoes(active), earthquakes, tectonic plates boundaries and epicenters can be found and the Philippines is one of the lists. The Pacific Ring of Fire serves as a guide and it is important because here we can see the countries that are certainly are affected with natural disasters especially volcanic eruption and earthquake and also experts uses this to study more about how and why such events occur. For example, experts look on the volcanic eruption phenomenon by their past and here they can find a pattern and percentages of when could some volcanoes erupt again. Pacific Ring of Fire hands in people with a perspective of disasters but at the same time Pacific Ring of Fire can give benefits to people and one can be when a volcanic activity where there could be a chance of tapping geothermal activity for heating and electricity.

Since the Philippines is in the belt of the Pacific Ring of Fire, in Albay, Manila Philippines, Mt Mayon volcano, its most active volcano, has already erupted 50 times in the last 500 years. The year 1814 was the volcano’s most violent eruption because it caused a massive devastation and killed 1200 people. Not only that year Mayon volcano became an extreme natural event, for example, 5 years ago the volcano once again took 5 lives. According to my research and I saw it on youtube( here’s the link), New Zealand is known for its having active volcanoes too and this year scientists are expecting that a volcanic eruption will occur.

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Photos:

Mt Mayon Volcano

Pacific Ring of Fire

Volcanic Eruption Diagram

INFORMATIONS:

https://owlcation.com/stem/Volcanoes-How-do-volcanoes-erupt

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29217253

https://www.universetoday.com/59341/pacific-ring-of-fire

https://opinion.inquirer.net/52185/the-mayon-eruption-of-1814