This video is not opinion based, but rather relies on a tested scientific criteria to accurately determine which volcanoes on the planet are the most dangerous. Included below are the 25 most dangerous volcanoes, the scores they were assigned, and some other notable volcanoes which missed the cut. Important factors include: -how often the volcano erupts -how large its eruptions are -how many people are at risk from an eruption -volume of air traffic -slope failure potential -lahar danger, and other factors. I want to note that after #30, my list may be incomplete. Here is the list: 1-Taal: 390 (Philippines) 2-Krakatoa: 380 (Indonesia) 3-Vesuvius: 366 (Italy) 4-Sakurajima / Aira Caldera: 357 (Japan) 5-Campi Flegrei: 355 (Italy) 6-Aso: 354 (Japan) 7-Rinjani: 354 (Indonesia) 8-Mount Etna: 332 (Italy) 9-Fuji: 330 (Japan) 10-Tarawera / Okataina: 329 (New Zealand) 11-Galunggung: 315 (Indonesia) 12-Kikai: 315 (Japan) 13-Agung: 315 (Indonesia) 14-Kelud: 308 (Indonesia) 15-Mount Teide: 308 (Spain, Canary Islands) 16-Merapi: 306 (Indonesia) 17-Ata: 306 (Japan) 18-Tambora: 305 (Indonesia) 19-Popocatépetl: 300 (Mexico) 20-Santorini: 303 (Greece) 21-Nelvado Del Ruiz: 301 (Colombia) 22-Ilopango: 296 (El Salvador) 23-Cotopaxi: 293 (Ecuador) 24-Galeras: 292 (Colombia) 25-Pelee: 292 (Martinique) 26-Furnas: 292 27-Mayon: 291 28-Avachinsky: 290 29-Mount Pinatubo: 290 30-La Soufriere: 283 31-Unzen: 282 (decade volcano) 32-Arenal: 274 33-Fuego: 271 34-Taupo: 270 (Supervolcano) 35-El Chichon: 268 -Mount Baekdu: 265 -Colima: 264 -Stromboli: 264 -Kilauea: 263 -Ambrym: 257 -Santa Maria: 255 -Mount Saint Helens: 235 -Katla: 232 -Hekla: 228 -Nyiragongo: 225 -Huaynaputina: 205 -Mount Rainier: 203 (decade volcano) -Grímsvötn: 201 -Nabro: 194 -Eyjafjallajökull: 183 -Toba: 180 (Supervolcano) -Atitlan: 178 (Supervolcano) -Mauna Loa: 131 (decade volcano) -Crater Lake: 129 -Long Valley (Supervolcano): 129 -Yellowstone (Supervolcano): 115 -Valles Caldera (Supervolcano): 60
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@@georgobergfell decade volcanoes are a series of volcanoes designated by the UN to be watched more carefully then others due to location and eruption history examples Taal Mauna Loa and Etna
I would presume Nyiragongo would be higher on the list, but it's eruptions are small and there's not enough air traffic and tourism around for a really catastrophic event. Kinda interesting Taupo is higher than Yellowstone, i thought Yellowstone would be the highest of the VEI-8 group.
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Interesting list of volcanic risk ranking; while serving at Subic Bay, I took a tour of area around the Taal volcano. The whole area was beautiful but as you stated a lot of people live in the area.
I am shocked that Mt. Rainier is so far down on this list. It's a large stratovolcano with the danger of lahars, long distance pyroclastic flows, and a densely populated area in those flow paths. I guess that because it's been so long since it last went off, it's viewed as less dangerous. But the idea that it is somehow less dangerous than Kilauea, which is a shield volcano and not known for explosive eruptions, seems odd to me.
Mount Rainier is still quite dangerous, but several factors hold it back. For one, it hasn’t killed anyone (yet). It doesn’t erupt as frequently as other volcanoes on this list. Also, it’s eruptions are generally less than VEI 4
@@HAIYANE9910 Unlikely Rainer and Mazama(crater lake) are very different One different sized magma chamber and two, Rainer is fairly young compared to Mazama
When Taal recently erupted, we can smell the sulfur from the eruption from where we are in Manila. Add to that is the ash fall that reached even the capital city.
I am living next to Teide. If it blows up it will be devastating. The good news is, the Magma doesnt have enough pressure to let Teide errupt. The Island is just too heavy. But there will be smaller eruptions like the one in 1909.
I'm having goosebumps while watching this video - specially knowing that Taal is less than 50kms away from my house. When it erupted last Jan 2020, one of the major problems is the evacuation from it's danger zone. If i recall correctly, Taal started steaming at around 11am and started it's eruption at around 1-2pm. At around 7pm, I saw the news where people are still having troubles escaping due to the heavy traffic. Good thing Taal's eruption that time is upwards (plinian if I'm right with the eruption type) so it gave an opportunity for the people to evacuate. Imagine if it erupted violently - it would be very hard to evacuate considering there are thousands living on it's caldera.
@@NoidoDevBefore the eruption the island in which the taal volcano is located looks like a virgin forest. Green and all. now the island looks like a desert. Right now, Taal is under alert level 1🎉
It does, i was a bit confused on Twitter when Geology Hub put it that high, but i get it looking at it's historical eruptions and the fact the volcano never had a caldera collapse despite some VEI-6 eruptions, which makes me guess the volcano may yet have a magma emptying eruption. It also makes sense for it to be over the larger Campi Flegrei given Vesuvius has more recent eruptions while Campi goes into Fuji scenario as a long dormant volcano with catatrophic destruction potential.
@@caiolucas8257 eruption frequency is what holds it back Vesuvivus is unlikely to have another caldera collapse due to currently being in the cone building phase of its cycle(Mount Somma, the base of Vesuvivus is very likely dormant) and vesuvivus only repersents the latest vent from Mt.Somma anyway chances of another caldera are pretty slim
@@KaiserStormTracking I'm kinda unsure regarding the caldera thing, there's a lot of stuff we don't really know for certain about the Campanian volcanoes specifically regarding Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, we don't know if they share the same magma chamber to a certain extent(i'm sure if they do Campi has more than 1 chamber). The Somma collapse i believe was either prior to the formation of Vesuvius or actually formed the Vesuvius. The actual Vesuvius cone is not known to have collapsed like Pinatubo despite being a VEI-6 volcano.
@@caiolucas8257 Vesuvius is calssifed as a Somma volcano somma volcanoes form in a classic caldera eruption and then resulting post-caldera eruptions build a new cone like Vesuvius Campi and Vesuvisu/Somma as far as we know don't share a chamber. their location is likely pure chance
@@KaiserStormTracking I know that, what i meant is that the Vesuvius cone never collapsed on itself. The shared magma chamber thing has never been confirmed nor rebuffed, it's similar to the Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I mentioned the magma chamber because it has long been theorized that Vesuvius may just be part of the larger Campi Flegrei volcano rather than it's own thing.
this was exactly what i was going to ask to have done! both the way the ranking is done (or what is used to get the rating), and have the top ones listed. great work!
When I fly into Manila NAIA airport we are sometimes directed to hold some distance from the final approach at 5000 feet or more. The hold takes us almost directly over Taal's lake. Quite a sobering sight when theres a full moon and you see the smoke and steam rising below your airliner.
4:59 The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was reported to have produced a shock wave so loud that it damaged the hearing of crew members on the Norham Castle, a ship located 40 miles away. It was even heard 3,000 miles away. This was a truly enormous explosion, and it was calculated that the shock wave circled the Earth at least 3 times before dampening to imperceptible levels.
Thanks for the effort you put into this fantastic list. I'm lucky to have been to 5 of your top 10 in person, including Krakatoa before its last eruption and tsunami. If anyone wants to feel what its like to be near one of these giants when it erupts have a read of "Surviving Galeras" ( Number 24 on your list) by volcanologist Stanley Williams.
I went to one (possibly two) of the volcanoes in the top 5, I spent a couple days around Naples (meaning I was probably close to campi flegrei) and I walked to the crater of Vesuvius
@@caiolucas8257 Taupo is very unusual in that it has produced a couple very large eruptions after a pretty short interval. A VEI 7 following a VEI 8 after less than 30,000 years is VERY unusual. Plus, if I recall correctly it inflated then erupted very quickly, much less warning than a typical massive eruption. And of course, quite a lot of people live nearby and its on an island where escape isn't the easiest. Very nasty volcano if it decides to go, thankfully there is still a good bit of time between eruptions and it had a large eruption relatively recently in geologic time. Probably one of the main things holding it back. Although the TVZ should probably be considered as one of the more dangerous volcanic regions on the planet.
@@StuffandThings_ Thank you for that. Tarawera - though miniscule in comparison to Taupo - also didn't give any notice as I understand. Yet the locals were very well versed in such things.
It's a good list. I'd have basically all of those in there, maybe slightly different ordering, but that's part of why it's always interesting to compare lists.
I’m actually very surprised to see that Mount Nyiragongo isn’t in the top 10; even though it’s eruptions don’t tend to be explosive they’re frequent, and also because of its very fast lava flows and the millions that live on its slopes And not to mention the danger of a limnic eruption from Lake Kivu whenever Nyiragongo’s lava reaches its shores.
I think it's mostly due to low level eruptions and population density. The reason Japanese, Italian and Indonesian volcanoes appear so much on this list is because all 3 countries have large metropolitan centers with volcanoes nearby, their volcanoes also tend to be deadlier and much more powerful. The only exception is the odd Mount Etna, which has around the same VEI as Nyiragongo, but again the proximity to people's homes and much more frequent and deadlier eruptions puts it much higher than Nyiragongo.
It is a shame Nyiragongo didn't make at least a top 30 because it poses a lot of danger, but on that note it's mostly due to poor volcanic monitoring. Africa's self governing countries still suffer the scars of colonialism and exploration and when you add that to corrupt political leaders things can be very bad. Meanwhile African volcanoes in European settlements such as Cumbre Vieja benefit from the European money and stability that results in better volcanic monitoring.
@@robertwood4681 while Naples has at least 3 million people and has two very dangerous volcanoes that are both capable of completely destroying the city
Surprised not to see Iwo Jima as an honorable mention, given that it could produce an enormous caldera forming eruption in the very near future, and some of the most populated and highly developed regions on earth could be swamped by the tsunami produced by an eruption at Iwo Jima.
@@GeologyHub True, it would need a truly massive eruption to cause problems. (Granted, it seems to be more capable of that than pretty much any volcano on the planet)
The beach on which the Marines landed is now 56 feet higher than when they hit it. An eruption during the battle might have convinced both sides to end the war. Or at least take the war somewhere else.
With Campi Flegrei to the north west and Vesuvius to the south east, why on earth would you want to live in Naples. Just imagine if both started eruptions at the same time. There would be cries of "It's the end of days" For many it probably would be.
Exactly, i wouldn't like to be there if one of them erupted with a VEI-5, imagine both at their maximum potential(Vesuvius at vei-6 and Campi Flegrei at vei-7), i presume that would be a doomsday scenario for Europe, it would certainly face a volcanic winter.
@@rafario448 So blame the Romans? They are kind of the ones who built the place up and at its peak Napels was a important part of what allowed Rome to be able to conquer the Mediterranean, the volcanic ash from Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius was an important part of their concrete formulas which allowed them to build durable and resilient structures particularly at sea as a chemical reactions with the sea water reinforced the concrete. And of course volcanic soil and the geothermal system are things which have lured people into this kind of death traps many many times. But yeah it is kind of incredulous to build a city inside an ancient caldera of a active volcano
This was EXCELLENT, but Iceland has four or five volcanoes that due to the huge amount of ash, would threaten all civilization in an ELE. I was surprised none made the list.
Iceland does have several dangerous volcanoes. However, none made the list as they have not destroyed substantial infrastructure and caused loss of life, which is factored in the calculation.
Nice video! Just a correction, Tarawera is just a vent of the greater Okatania caldera, which includes all of the rhyolite domes and volcanic lakes east of (but not including) lake Rotorua. It kinda overlaps with 2 other calderas, which is why we refer to the greater area as the Taupo Volcanic Zone, which at a stretch can be interpreted as one large volcano. Thoroughly recommend a video on the TVZ, it’s a unique situation and has produced many large eruptions.
Kia ora, Michael. Thx for the additional info. (I'm from South Island; we're better at earthquakes down here!) I was quite surprised to see Tarawera on the list at place 10. Sure: in its time it was a monster and a killer. I guess the maths bumped it up on one of its sub-scores. I never think of it as a recurring threat, but more of a once-off event. Is there reason to see it as a likely player any time soon (geological-timescale 'soon')?
@@GedMaybury23 Tarawera/Okataina makes the list as it’s major eruptions frequently effect the global climate. One in the 1300s and one in 1886. Also, a lot of people live in the at risk radius
@@GeologyHub the problem with Nz volcanology is most of our volcanic records are either poorly preserved or unstudied. The 25.3ka (VEI8) Taupo eruption/Oruanui event occured in the height of the glaciation, thus the estimation for the size is probably lower then the actual size. Unpublished data I know about for Okataina Caldera shows it is a lot more active then previously thought, however this brings it to the same level as Taupo Caldera, which (records-wise) seems to be a far more active volcanic centre.
@@GedMaybury23 Okataina centre is a significant volcano, it's just the lime light is stolen by Taupo as it is better studied and the lake is significantly larger. Tarawera just seems to be where the two most recent eruptions have occurred
I'm completely blown away (so to speak) that they still have a huge dense metropolitan area WRAPPED around Mount Vesuvius. I live in the Pacific Northwest; we have cities potentially in the way of lahars, and that's bad enough. But can you IMAGINE if they'd built Seattle with Mt St Helens IN THE MIDDLE of the city?! So long Naples, and thanks for inventing pizza.
@@hollybyrd6186 Right, but Mount Rainier is still a long way away. When Rainier goes, it will be several hours before lahars start arriving. Even then, it's mostly certain parts of Tacoma that's getting it. Imagine if the summit of Mt Rainier was located where the Space Needle is today. It's like having a 10MT hydrogen bomb on a stick in the middle of downtown.
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. I would like to know how many volcanoes have erupted during the past two decades and if solar weather & planetary alignments may have influenced those eruptions. Namaste
Does it seem like volcanoes are extra active globally right now? I would like to know if there is a scientific system that rates total global volcanic activity on a regular scale such as by day, week or month.
Excellent video on most dangerous volcanoes. It is interesting how this list differs from the decade volcano list. Do the scores for Krakatoa, Tambora, and Rinjani take into account the likelihood of a caldera forming eruption in the near future? Since caldera forming eruptions occurred at those volcanoes relatively recently does it mean that it will be a long time before another large eruption? Since Iwo Jima is more likely to produce a large eruption than Tambora, Rinjani, or Krakatoa it is more dangerous than any of those volcanoes?
Indonesia’s volcanoes are mostly due to the collision with the Australian plate, which moves about 7 cm each year. It’s the fastest moving tectonic plate on the planet, which causes high rates of subduction related volcanism
Indonesia does have multiple volcanoes that can go vei 6-7 but Indonesia has only one volcano that can go vei 8, it’s just that the one vei 8 volcano Indonesia has happens to be even larger than Yellowstone is
I was shocked too because Campi Flegrei had larger eruptions, but Vesuvius had more frequent eruptions plus the actual deaths it caused has more empirical evidence(the skeletons in Herculaneum and Pompeii). Campi Flegrei is pointed to have been the fall of the neanderthal, but that is hypothesis scenario a la Toba causing a population bottleneck while Vesuvius has clear evidence of the destruction it caused.
I'm British but the Volcano that Worries me Most is Lake Nicaragua, Huge Caldera, Yet nobody mentions it. However if it Erupted and Closed the Panama Canal, Life as we know it would be seriously affected
To be honest bud that is a very good eye. To think that lake has 2 volcanoes in the center of it is concerning. It's very likely there's activity at the bottom of the lake though the smaller one seems undocumented.
I thought that taal volcano' highest vei was 6 but never reached Volcanic Explosivity Index 7 wow! Thankyou for letting me/us know geology hub! Godbless you and keep safe!
the relative positions of these volcanoes on the list is highly debatable and difficult to weigh up. I believe the effect on air travel shouldnt be too large a qualifying factor -I feel far less threatened by a closed airport than a pyroclastic flow!
The odds are unlikely for a caldera forming eruption anytime soon. With this being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it produced another 2020 sized eruption in the next 25 years
@@GeologyHub 2020 Taal Volcano eruption was my first volcano eruption I experienced. It was really something, breathtaking, beautiful, but dangerous. When I was a kid, even until now abit, I am interested in Geology and Volcanoes because of encyclopedias. I also have a copy of an old volcano simulation, KWare Erupt.
In Colombia, we laso have Cerro El Machín as the most dangerous volcano but hasn´t created any eruption for hundreds of years, neither ice on its top but area is heavily populated + unawareness of the volcano's existence.
I didn't expect Taal to be at number 1 despite it produces minimal eruptions but its past ancient Taal volcano caldera collapse eruption was so deadly that the pyroclastic flows reached manila.
The 1754 eruption is a VEI 5, not small by any means. It produced a VEI 6 4000 years ago, which is not that far off in the past. The VEI 6 would produce a pyroclastic flow that would devour Manila's main industrial belt in its southern suburbs in Laguna and Cavite. World semiconductor manufacturing could grind to a halt as that belt packages a huge chunk of today's microchips.
Would be interesting to know about vulcanos in central europe and how dangerous they are, there are alot around the mediteranian seas but what about france or germany and that region
Germanys largest volcano is the Laacher See Volcano wich some people consider to be a supervolcano, but it hasn't produced an eruption in historic times. Also it doesn't show any obvious signs of unrest except some CO2 emissions. I personally live near the Hegau volcanic area, wich is located in the very south of Germany between the black forest and the lake of constance. Also no notable activity here except some occasional very small (
I did not expect that list. A foreigner once asked if Tagatay (the place surrounding Taal volcano) is safe. It looks beautiful but aren't we afraid if it erupts. To which locals answer it erupts frequently so the magnitude is never that big. No way it can erupt as big as Pinatubo. Of course that is the common assumption around here, since Tagatay is among the favourite destinations for people in Manila. But watching this channel and learning that the lake itself (not the center island) is the actual crater, gosh, it makes you a little paranoid.
The fact that so many people live right next to active volcanoes is beyond me. They are just begging for a repeat of Pompeii. A smart choice would be living far away from all volcanoes even dormant ones.
Wow! Never thought Taal would be top of this list. I was thinking Tambora or St Helens would top it especially their brutal historic eruptions that taken numerous lives.
What? Mt. St. Helens isn't even that deadly compared to any of the volcanoes listed here. Taal killed 1300 in 1911, and thousands unknown in 1754 in its biggest eruption in historic times, while prehistorically, it's eruptions were even more massive that it now sits at the 3rd largest volcanic lake in the world after Toba and Taupo.
Mnt Rainer should be a top 5 honestly, its enormous, has a unbelievable amount of very old thick glacial ice, and has almost certainly accumulated a lot of very viscous magma in its middle magma zone/chamber region. I think a decent gas rich influx can be a recipe for a lahar 3 or 4 times as large and deadly than St Helens
I feel like mount Rainier should be higher on that list. It is one of the more heavily glaciated volcanoes on the planet, has a small potential for a massive rockslide courtesy of chemically altered rock, and is near large areas of population. Hell, its even one of the Decade Volcanoes. If that thing ever does even a moderately sized eruption, a lot of people are screwed.
It's on the list it's just not high because it doesn't have a documented death toll and more to the point Magma hasn't been detected within 10KM of the volcanoes surface. St. Helens is far more active than rainier is but Rainier poses a huge landslide hazard.
Higher score = more dangerous. In this case a “destructive event” results in: -loss of life -evacuations -destruction of property -air traffic disruption
USGS ranks it as #3 in the country. The main risk is Lahar as it tends to reach many of the cities in the area like Enumclaw all the way to the port of Tacoma. Settlement and recorded history in the area is relatively recent which makes it hard to asses but USGS has it ranked pretty much near the top. It is not as dangerous to people as Naples where people are living inside the Caldera but no doubt a Lahar is a formidable risk especially from a rare event form Rainer like the Osceola Mudflow event would impact a good number of people.
When Taal eruprñted back at 2020 the ash actually arrived to us even tho were north of Quezon city and also there is alot of volcanos a few 1k kilometers of me
I was looking at the Galapagos Islands and noticed several calderas that looked like rings left from former larger Islands plus lots of cones on the largest Island, Isla Isabela. I was wondering if any these are considered active? Were any large eruptions in the past?
Bless you bud. Looking at Isla Isabella via it's Satellite Images there seems to be pretty strong evidence that a caldera collapse South West of the Vulcan Wolf. And blatant evidence of Lava Flows having reached the ocean from that volcano. I'm unfamiliar with the geology of the island but the visual evidence seems to support it.
Mt Tarawera is very meaningful to me. Played a big role in my life. But to see it at 10 - I knew it was dangerous - but to think someone else thinks so has me worried.
Bless you Louise, it's genuinely good to see people who have history with these places. That said I wouldn't concern yourself too much about Tarawara's placement on this list the score system used doesn't necersarrily imply a "threat" level but rather a score based only on it's historical activity. Thankfully Tawawera is very well monitored these days.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Thank you. It just came as a shock to me. This mountain buried our beloved pink and white terraces and caused such sadness. Your are right - it will be very well monitored. It's one thing to be in awe of the incredible might of these volcanoes but another to take on board the reality that some of these volcanoes may cause yet more sorrow in our lifetimes.
@@louisej3664 No problem. I imagine that's the same feeling the people of Naples have when viewing Vesuvius. Truly the sight of Somma-Vesuvius and it's backdrop makes for a beautiful sight and yet... seeing just how much Vesuvius dwarfs it's underlying towns is truly terrifying as well. Fortunately for the time being we've not seen such an apocalyptic eruption as yet... well okay Anak Krakatau causing Tsunami's in 2018 but besides that...
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Your comments caused me to embark on a bit of a journey of discovery not only about the Taupo Volcanic Region but then back to Vesuvius. Thank you for inspiring me :)
I'm usually pleased if New Zealand gets a mention, but on this list, not so much. I shouldn't worry, I live 230 km away in Auckland, safely among the 53 previously only small eruptions in the area :-)
Bless you buddy I wouldn't be too worried if you live 230KM that's generally speaking outside the red and yellow hazard zone for terawara. Lake Taupo on the other hand...
what do you think about strato volcanoes that really close with each other? like vesuvius-campi flegrei, arjuna-kawi, sindoro-sumbing, semeru-bromo complex, etc. how they're form, or do they share magma chamber ?
This is an interesting topic. I do not yet have an opinion on the issue as it’s an area of geology I do not have enough knowledge in. I know of two such areas with ridiculously closely spaced volcanoes in Alaska; such as near Novarupta
Are there any other widely used methods of calculating the danger of a volcano objectively? While I'm no volcanologist, it seems this method produces useful results but may fail to account for particular hazards. It seems odd to me that Niyragongo is ranked as low as it is, for example.
This video is not opinion based, but rather relies on a tested scientific criteria to accurately determine which volcanoes on the planet are the most dangerous. Included below are the 25 most dangerous volcanoes, the scores they were assigned, and some other notable volcanoes which missed the cut. Important factors include:
-how often the volcano erupts
-how large its eruptions are
-how many people are at risk from an eruption
-volume of air traffic
-slope failure potential
-lahar danger, and other factors.
I want to note that after #30, my list may be incomplete.
Here is the list:
1-Taal: 390 (Philippines)
2-Krakatoa: 380 (Indonesia)
3-Vesuvius: 366 (Italy)
4-Sakurajima / Aira Caldera: 357 (Japan)
5-Campi Flegrei: 355 (Italy)
6-Aso: 354 (Japan)
7-Rinjani: 354 (Indonesia)
8-Mount Etna: 332 (Italy)
9-Fuji: 330 (Japan)
10-Tarawera / Okataina: 329 (New Zealand)
11-Galunggung: 315 (Indonesia)
12-Kikai: 315 (Japan)
13-Agung: 315 (Indonesia)
14-Kelud: 308 (Indonesia)
15-Mount Teide: 308 (Spain, Canary Islands)
16-Merapi: 306 (Indonesia)
17-Ata: 306 (Japan)
18-Tambora: 305 (Indonesia)
19-Popocatépetl: 300 (Mexico)
20-Santorini: 303 (Greece)
21-Nelvado Del Ruiz: 301 (Colombia)
22-Ilopango: 296 (El Salvador)
23-Cotopaxi: 293 (Ecuador)
24-Galeras: 292 (Colombia)
25-Pelee: 292 (Martinique)
26-Furnas: 292
27-Mayon: 291
28-Avachinsky: 290
29-Mount Pinatubo: 290
30-La Soufriere: 283
31-Unzen: 282 (decade volcano)
32-Arenal: 274
33-Fuego: 271
34-Taupo: 270 (Supervolcano)
35-El Chichon: 268
-Mount Baekdu: 265
-Colima: 264
-Stromboli: 264
-Kilauea: 263
-Ambrym: 257
-Santa Maria: 255
-Mount Saint Helens: 235
-Katla: 232
-Hekla: 228
-Nyiragongo: 225
-Huaynaputina: 205
-Mount Rainier: 203 (decade volcano)
-Grímsvötn: 201
-Nabro: 194
-Eyjafjallajökull: 183
-Toba: 180 (Supervolcano)
-Atitlan: 178 (Supervolcano)
-Mauna Loa: 131 (decade volcano)
-Crater Lake: 129
-Long Valley (Supervolcano): 129
-Yellowstone (Supervolcano): 115
-Valles Caldera (Supervolcano): 60
I keep having trouble putting my comments on your videos now. The same yesterday many times about 4 in total. This time once so far. If this reaches you, you will hopefully know that I was unable to comment
I think the list you’ve put should be pinned
What do you mean with decade volcano?
@@georgobergfell decade volcanoes are a series of volcanoes designated by the UN to be watched more carefully then others due to location and eruption history
examples Taal Mauna Loa and Etna
I would presume Nyiragongo would be higher on the list, but it's eruptions are small and there's not enough air traffic and tourism around for a really catastrophic event. Kinda interesting Taupo is higher than Yellowstone, i thought Yellowstone would be the highest of the VEI-8 group.
The world needs more reports just like this.
Totally FACT BASED SCIENTIFIC INFO THAT CAN BE EASILY DOUBLE CHECKED by anyone with a third grade reading comprehension level.
Thank you sir.
Agreed! He researches what he presents as fact. He makes it clear what is his opinion, not fact. And explains his predictions. 👍
Agreed. Just scientific fact, and opinions clearly noted.
I guess that leaves out Fox news and republicans. Sorry I couldn't resist.
@@oldmillrd8153 it had to be done ☹️
🤭!
No, some of it isn’t accurate.
Interesting list of volcanic risk ranking; while serving at Subic Bay, I took a tour of area around the Taal volcano. The whole area was beautiful but as you stated a lot of people live in the area.
I am shocked that Mt. Rainier is so far down on this list. It's a large stratovolcano with the danger of lahars, long distance pyroclastic flows, and a densely populated area in those flow paths. I guess that because it's been so long since it last went off, it's viewed as less dangerous. But the idea that it is somehow less dangerous than Kilauea, which is a shield volcano and not known for explosive eruptions, seems odd to me.
Mount Rainier is still quite dangerous, but several factors hold it back. For one, it hasn’t killed anyone (yet). It doesn’t erupt as frequently as other volcanoes on this list. Also, it’s eruptions are generally less than VEI 4
@@GeologyHub the same is true for nevado del ruiz but it still killed thousands
Just like creater lake in oregon. I think Mt rainier has to be potential create large caldera collaps if mt rainier erupts violently
@@HAIYANE9910 Unlikely
Rainer and Mazama(crater lake) are very different
One different sized magma chamber and two, Rainer is fairly young compared to Mazama
@@HAIYANE9910 it just never has in the past (unlike crater lake)
When Taal recently erupted, we can smell the sulfur from the eruption from where we are in Manila. Add to that is the ash fall that reached even the capital city.
Mt. Teide in the Top 25 surprised me.
I am living next to Teide. If it blows up it will be devastating. The good news is, the Magma doesnt have enough pressure to let Teide errupt. The Island is just too heavy. But there will be smaller eruptions like the one in 1909.
Dude once again you knocked this one out of the park with your expert knowledge on volcanos, kudos
I'm having goosebumps while watching this video - specially knowing that Taal is less than 50kms away from my house.
When it erupted last Jan 2020, one of the major problems is the evacuation from it's danger zone. If i recall correctly, Taal started steaming at around 11am and started it's eruption at around 1-2pm.
At around 7pm, I saw the news where people are still having troubles escaping due to the heavy traffic. Good thing Taal's eruption that time is upwards (plinian if I'm right with the eruption type) so it gave an opportunity for the people to evacuate.
Imagine if it erupted violently - it would be very hard to evacuate considering there are thousands living on it's caldera.
How is it going?
@@NoidoDevBefore the eruption the island in which the taal volcano is located looks like a virgin forest. Green and all. now the island looks like a desert. Right now, Taal is under alert level 1🎉
This video was a fun little surprise. Thanks for making it.
Very interesting and informative. Exactly what is needed at this time. Thank you for your excellent content!
"for those of you that stayed to the end of the video...."
EVERYONE 😀
I like this kind of content.
He's widened the scope of the channel, and it's made it interesting to a broader audience, without clickbaiting. Always science-based.
Me too
I’m not surprised that Vesuvius was in the top 3, it definitely deserves a high ranking
It does, i was a bit confused on Twitter when Geology Hub put it that high, but i get it looking at it's historical eruptions and the fact the volcano never had a caldera collapse despite some VEI-6 eruptions, which makes me guess the volcano may yet have a magma emptying eruption. It also makes sense for it to be over the larger Campi Flegrei given Vesuvius has more recent eruptions while Campi goes into Fuji scenario as a long dormant volcano with catatrophic destruction potential.
@@caiolucas8257 eruption frequency is what holds it back
Vesuvivus is unlikely to have another caldera collapse due to currently being in the cone building phase of its cycle(Mount Somma, the base of Vesuvivus is very likely dormant) and vesuvivus only repersents the latest vent from Mt.Somma anyway
chances of another caldera are pretty slim
@@KaiserStormTracking I'm kinda unsure regarding the caldera thing, there's a lot of stuff we don't really know for certain about the Campanian volcanoes specifically regarding Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, we don't know if they share the same magma chamber to a certain extent(i'm sure if they do Campi has more than 1 chamber).
The Somma collapse i believe was either prior to the formation of Vesuvius or actually formed the Vesuvius. The actual Vesuvius cone is not known to have collapsed like Pinatubo despite being a VEI-6 volcano.
@@caiolucas8257 Vesuvius is calssifed as a Somma volcano
somma volcanoes form in a classic caldera eruption and then resulting post-caldera eruptions build a new cone like Vesuvius
Campi and Vesuvisu/Somma as far as we know don't share a chamber. their location is likely pure chance
@@KaiserStormTracking I know that, what i meant is that the Vesuvius cone never collapsed on itself. The shared magma chamber thing has never been confirmed nor rebuffed, it's similar to the Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I mentioned the magma chamber because it has long been theorized that Vesuvius may just be part of the larger Campi Flegrei volcano rather than it's own thing.
I stayed to the end AND I read the list in your comment ;-). Very interesting information, thank you again.
this was exactly what i was going to ask to have done! both the way the ranking is done (or what is used to get the rating), and have the top ones listed. great work!
Ooooh new type of content! I like!
I must admit, you make this stuff extremely interesting. Thank you. I love your channel.
When I fly into Manila NAIA airport we are sometimes directed to hold some distance from the final approach at 5000 feet or more. The hold takes us almost directly over Taal's lake. Quite a sobering sight when theres a full moon and you see the smoke and steam rising below your airliner.
4:59 The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was reported to have produced a shock wave so loud that it damaged the hearing of crew members on the Norham Castle, a ship located 40 miles away. It was even heard 3,000 miles away. This was a truly enormous explosion, and it was calculated that the shock wave circled the Earth at least 3 times before dampening to imperceptible levels.
I wonder if something like that happened nowadays with the way technology is going, it would be amazing.
@@BushyDust that's besides the op' point
@@BushyDust Krakatoa had a VEI7 eruption in 535/540
@@BushyDust of course yes
Gotta love miles
(No clue how far that is)
Another great Geology Hub update! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the effort you put into this fantastic list. I'm lucky to have been to 5 of your top 10 in person, including Krakatoa before its last eruption and tsunami. If anyone wants to feel what its like to be near one of these giants when it erupts have a read of "Surviving Galeras" ( Number 24 on your list) by volcanologist Stanley Williams.
I went to one (possibly two) of the volcanoes in the top 5, I spent a couple days around Naples (meaning I was probably close to campi flegrei) and I walked to the crater of Vesuvius
Thanks for the tip I’m going to source a copy
I love this channel. I hope it continues to grow 👌
Please make a video about the 10 most active volcanoes :)
Congratulations Philippines. Now let's wait for the Final Top 5
Lol
Btw I'm Filipino live in the Philippines
I live near Mt Rainier so obviously always interested in these videos. :) Love your channel btw.
Oh my goodness you live near there my parents were stationed near there mom always said it kinda creep her out .
Rainier is pretty. However, of all the lower 48 states it and Clear Lake are the two volcanoes I do NOT want to see erupt in my lifetime
Glad that New Zealand made the list, or not as I live 122km from Mt Tawawera
Me too, i was shocked Taupo topped the other VEI-8 volcanoes.
@@caiolucas8257 Taupo is very unusual in that it has produced a couple very large eruptions after a pretty short interval. A VEI 7 following a VEI 8 after less than 30,000 years is VERY unusual. Plus, if I recall correctly it inflated then erupted very quickly, much less warning than a typical massive eruption. And of course, quite a lot of people live nearby and its on an island where escape isn't the easiest. Very nasty volcano if it decides to go, thankfully there is still a good bit of time between eruptions and it had a large eruption relatively recently in geologic time. Probably one of the main things holding it back. Although the TVZ should probably be considered as one of the more dangerous volcanic regions on the planet.
@@StuffandThings_ i hadn't looked at it that way, makes sense why it's above Yellowstone
@@StuffandThings_ Thank you for that. Tarawera - though miniscule in comparison to Taupo - also didn't give any notice as I understand. Yet the locals were very well versed in such things.
It's a good list. I'd have basically all of those in there, maybe slightly different ordering, but that's part of why it's always interesting to compare lists.
I’m actually very surprised to see that Mount Nyiragongo isn’t in the top 10; even though it’s eruptions don’t tend to be explosive they’re frequent, and also because of its very fast lava flows and the millions that live on its slopes And not to mention the danger of a limnic eruption from Lake Kivu whenever Nyiragongo’s lava reaches its shores.
I think it's mostly due to low level eruptions and population density. The reason Japanese, Italian and Indonesian volcanoes appear so much on this list is because all 3 countries have large metropolitan centers with volcanoes nearby, their volcanoes also tend to be deadlier and much more powerful. The only exception is the odd Mount Etna, which has around the same VEI as Nyiragongo, but again the proximity to people's homes and much more frequent and deadlier eruptions puts it much higher than Nyiragongo.
It is a shame Nyiragongo didn't make at least a top 30 because it poses a lot of danger, but on that note it's mostly due to poor volcanic monitoring. Africa's self governing countries still suffer the scars of colonialism and exploration and when you add that to corrupt political leaders things can be very bad. Meanwhile African volcanoes in European settlements such as Cumbre Vieja benefit from the European money and stability that results in better volcanic monitoring.
@@caiolucas8257 The city of Goma has a population of over half a million.
@@robertwood4681 while Naples has at least 3 million people and has two very dangerous volcanoes that are both capable of completely destroying the city
We need other people to make a rating system, this is just silly.
Surprised not to see Iwo Jima as an honorable mention, given that it could produce an enormous caldera forming eruption in the very near future, and some of the most populated and highly developed regions on earth could be swamped by the tsunami produced by an eruption at Iwo Jima.
Me too, i would think it would be quite close to Campi Flegrei in rating, but given it's not that close to people's home i get it.
The reason for this is Iwo Jima no longer has a permanent population
@@GeologyHub True, it would need a truly massive eruption to cause problems. (Granted, it seems to be more capable of that than pretty much any volcano on the planet)
@@TheOobo more capable is relative in this case as in it's capable of doing that in the next few hundreds of years instead of the next few thousands.
The beach on which the Marines landed is now 56 feet higher than when they hit it. An eruption during the battle might have convinced both sides to end the war. Or at least take the war somewhere else.
With Campi Flegrei to the north west and Vesuvius to the south east, why on earth would you want to live in Naples. Just imagine if both started eruptions at the same time. There would be cries of "It's the end of days" For many it probably would be.
Exactly, i wouldn't like to be there if one of them erupted with a VEI-5, imagine both at their maximum potential(Vesuvius at vei-6 and Campi Flegrei at vei-7), i presume that would be a doomsday scenario for Europe, it would certainly face a volcanic winter.
naples being constructed where it is is part of the reason why those volcanoes are ranked so high, we humans have part of the fault.
Indeed
Even an idiot wouldn't live there
@@rafario448 So blame the Romans? They are kind of the ones who built the place up and at its peak Napels was a important part of what allowed Rome to be able to conquer the Mediterranean, the volcanic ash from Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius was an important part of their concrete formulas which allowed them to build durable and resilient structures particularly at sea as a chemical reactions with the sea water reinforced the concrete. And of course volcanic soil and the geothermal system are things which have lured people into this kind of death traps many many times.
But yeah it is kind of incredulous to build a city inside an ancient caldera of a active volcano
dont forget that as destructive as volcanoes are, they also have the best soil to live on and make a good life out of it.
Taal really did earn the title of worlds deadliest volcano
and everyone says supervolcanoes will be the end of us
VEI 7 eruption is not small at either.
Hi again!
And yes, as it is near very populated areas, as well as producing massive eruptions!
Taal is not the most deadly in the world, even Sakurajima is better than that.
@@GirlyKat9001 Exactly, a VEI-7 eruption would be enough to cause volcanic winter(look at Tambora).
This was EXCELLENT, but Iceland has four or five volcanoes that due to the huge amount of ash, would threaten all civilization in an ELE. I was surprised none made the list.
Iceland does have several dangerous volcanoes. However, none made the list as they have not destroyed substantial infrastructure and caused loss of life, which is factored in the calculation.
Thank you again. In our dark time of internet ignorance, your informed, science-based, and factual videos are much appreciated.
Thank you. Very interesting video!
Fantastic information as usual mate. Thank you
Thank you. Well done.
Thanks Geo hub for the update good pictures
Oh wow, I regularly visit a cam recording Ta'al live a few hours every day. I didn't know it was THAT dangerous.
Nice video! Just a correction, Tarawera is just a vent of the greater Okatania caldera, which includes all of the rhyolite domes and volcanic lakes east of (but not including) lake Rotorua. It kinda overlaps with 2 other calderas, which is why we refer to the greater area as the Taupo Volcanic Zone, which at a stretch can be interpreted as one large volcano. Thoroughly recommend a video on the TVZ, it’s a unique situation and has produced many large eruptions.
Kia ora, Michael. Thx for the additional info. (I'm from South Island; we're better at earthquakes down here!)
I was quite surprised to see Tarawera on the list at place 10. Sure: in its time it was a monster and a killer.
I guess the maths bumped it up on one of its sub-scores.
I never think of it as a recurring threat, but more of a once-off event. Is there reason to see it as a likely player any time soon (geological-timescale 'soon')?
@@GedMaybury23 Tarawera/Okataina makes the list as it’s major eruptions frequently effect the global climate. One in the 1300s and one in 1886. Also, a lot of people live in the at risk radius
@@GeologyHub the problem with Nz volcanology is most of our volcanic records are either poorly preserved or unstudied. The 25.3ka (VEI8) Taupo eruption/Oruanui event occured in the height of the glaciation, thus the estimation for the size is probably lower then the actual size. Unpublished data I know about for Okataina Caldera shows it is a lot more active then previously thought, however this brings it to the same level as Taupo Caldera, which (records-wise) seems to be a far more active volcanic centre.
@@GedMaybury23 Okataina centre is a significant volcano, it's just the lime light is stolen by Taupo as it is better studied and the lake is significantly larger. Tarawera just seems to be where the two most recent eruptions have occurred
I have only just realised this myself and would love to see more study and information available.
I'm completely blown away (so to speak) that they still have a huge dense metropolitan area WRAPPED around Mount Vesuvius. I live in the Pacific Northwest; we have cities potentially in the way of lahars, and that's bad enough. But can you IMAGINE if they'd built Seattle with Mt St Helens IN THE MIDDLE of the city?!
So long Naples, and thanks for inventing pizza.
They did Ina sense. It's in the shadow of a large active volcano. Which has the potential of a Mt st Helen's like eruption.
@@hollybyrd6186 Right, but Mount Rainier is still a long way away. When Rainier goes, it will be several hours before lahars start arriving. Even then, it's mostly certain parts of Tacoma that's getting it. Imagine if the summit of Mt Rainier was located where the Space Needle is today. It's like having a 10MT hydrogen bomb on a stick in the middle of downtown.
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. I would like to know how many volcanoes have erupted during the past two decades and if solar weather & planetary alignments may have influenced those eruptions.
Namaste
There has been no evidence showing that solar storms affect volcanos.
There's a very good reason why Taal is one of the Decade Volcanoes, and this video shows it
Does it seem like volcanoes are extra active globally right now? I would like to know if there is a scientific system that rates total global volcanic activity on a regular scale such as by day, week or month.
Just the media and algorithm
We are well within average
with how easy it is to consume information now it's a lot easier to track volcanoes so it seems like they're more active then they really are.
planet nine approaches
Tarawera/Okataina is really cool looking. Is there a video on it? I'll go look when this one is over
Oh, there is. That one's next
Yep! m.th-cam.com/video/CTzj__5dVIU/w-d-xo.html
Excellent video on most dangerous volcanoes. It is interesting how this list differs from the decade volcano list. Do the scores for Krakatoa, Tambora, and Rinjani take into account the likelihood of a caldera forming eruption in the near future? Since caldera forming eruptions occurred at those volcanoes relatively recently does it mean that it will be a long time before another large eruption? Since Iwo Jima is more likely to produce a large eruption than Tambora, Rinjani, or Krakatoa it is more dangerous than any of those volcanoes?
Caldera forming eruptions are implied with the category of MAX recorded VEI. Every VEI 6+ eruption with only 1 exception formed a caldera
@@GeologyHub Thanks for the reply.
I have been watching 'live cams' situated near Taal ( which is currently steaming). Fascinating to watch.
Would be cool to get videos on regional volconology. Like how and why Indonesia is so active and why it has so many vei 7 and vei 8 volcanos
Indonesia’s volcanoes are mostly due to the collision with the Australian plate, which moves about 7 cm each year. It’s the fastest moving tectonic plate on the planet, which causes high rates of subduction related volcanism
Indonesia does have multiple volcanoes that can go vei 6-7 but Indonesia has only one volcano that can go vei 8, it’s just that the one vei 8 volcano Indonesia has happens to be even larger than Yellowstone is
@@jakealter5504 toba?
@@jmarth523 it is two apparently, Tambora (1815), and Toba (74000 y.a)
@@IhsanMIP92 no, Tambora was 10 times weaker than VEI 8
Love your channel
Thank you for your work. Always informative.
Stay safe eh:)
I'll have to compare this to the Decade List.
You will note the absence of Avachinsky and Koryaksky. Kamchatka volcanoes are dangerous but don’t have enough nearby population to make the top 25
Didn't expect Vesuvius to top Campi Fleigri. Because it erupts more frequently?
I was shocked too because Campi Flegrei had larger eruptions, but Vesuvius had more frequent eruptions plus the actual deaths it caused has more empirical evidence(the skeletons in Herculaneum and Pompeii). Campi Flegrei is pointed to have been the fall of the neanderthal, but that is hypothesis scenario a la Toba causing a population bottleneck while Vesuvius has clear evidence of the destruction it caused.
Thank you yet again for another very informative and interesting video.
I truly believe there’s probably be 3 volcanoes in Central America and South America that should be on that list
I'm British but the Volcano that Worries me Most is Lake Nicaragua, Huge Caldera, Yet nobody mentions it. However if it Erupted and Closed the Panama Canal, Life as we know it would be seriously affected
To be honest bud that is a very good eye. To think that lake has 2 volcanoes in the center of it is concerning. It's very likely there's activity at the bottom of the lake though the smaller one seems undocumented.
I thought that taal volcano' highest vei was 6 but never reached Volcanic Explosivity Index 7 wow! Thankyou for letting me/us know geology hub! Godbless you and keep safe!
VEI-7 is enough to trigger little ice age or long long year volcanic winter (example of that is the tambora 1815 and Rinjani 1257 AD)
Also Taal has too be potentially... A supervolcano :D
@@HAIYANE9910 ohh thanks for letting me know ❤️ godbless!
@@mina_sr_my37 btw i am Filipino... I'll live in my country(Philippines) in luzon:)
@@HAIYANE9910 its not a supervolcano. It only had a low VEI7 eruption as the largest and not 8
At first i was sad at not seeing any us volcanos, but on second thought thats a really good thing 😅
Wow thanks dude you are definitely very informative
Thank you for sharing this
Maybe you could do a video on Volcanic Winter, what the term means and examples of such. Love the content. Thanks 👍
Maybe not so dangerous, but my favourite volcano (of the ones I've actually seen) is Sangeang Api in Indonesia.
I love the idea of a chick have a favourite volcano ^ Indonesia is a great place for volcano spotting mind you.
I’ve added your favorite volcano to my “cover in my next month” list
Really interesting, thanks for your video.
the relative positions of these volcanoes on the list is highly debatable and difficult to weigh up. I believe the effect on air travel shouldnt be too large a qualifying factor -I feel far less threatened by a closed airport than a pyroclastic flow!
That doesn’t really effect the top 3 on this list since all three are known for very violent eruptions and are close to major population centers
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Tambora’s eruption was actually bigger but not by a huge amount
Me: Whom lived most of my entire life close to the most dangerous active volcano in the world, Taal. Good luck me 👍😅
The odds are unlikely for a caldera forming eruption anytime soon. With this being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it produced another 2020 sized eruption in the next 25 years
@@GeologyHub 2020 Taal Volcano eruption was my first volcano eruption I experienced. It was really something, breathtaking, beautiful, but dangerous.
When I was a kid, even until now abit, I am interested in Geology and Volcanoes because of encyclopedias. I also have a copy of an old volcano simulation, KWare Erupt.
Almost Perfect video for me. Thank you
In Colombia, we laso have Cerro El Machín as the most dangerous volcano but hasn´t created any eruption for hundreds of years, neither ice on its top but area is heavily populated + unawareness of the volcano's existence.
I didn't expect Taal to be at number 1 despite it produces minimal eruptions but its past ancient Taal volcano caldera collapse eruption was so deadly that the pyroclastic flows reached manila.
Yep. It has produced at least 4 VEI 6 or 7 eruptions. It’s scary to think of a 1991 pinatubo sized eruption, but 5-10x larger
Where is larger. Taal caldera forming eruption? Or mount tambora?
What kind of volcanic eruption that similar to caldera forming eruption of taal?
The 1754 eruption is a VEI 5, not small by any means. It produced a VEI 6 4000 years ago, which is not that far off in the past. The VEI 6 would produce a pyroclastic flow that would devour Manila's main industrial belt in its southern suburbs in Laguna and Cavite. World semiconductor manufacturing could grind to a halt as that belt packages a huge chunk of today's microchips.
@@HAIYANE9910Tambora. VEI 7 most likely, but Taal remains frustratingly understudied so we still haven't fully concluded if it also produced a VEI 8
A top 10 list.
You're officially a TH-camr now 😜😄
Amazing stuff... Taal was a suprise
Thank you 🐾☺️ amazing
Would be interesting to know about vulcanos in central europe and how dangerous they are, there are alot around the mediteranian seas but what about france or germany and that region
There are none which have erupted 'recently'. The most recent eruption in that area would have been Mt Elbrus in Russia, in 50AD.
Germanys largest volcano is the Laacher See Volcano wich some people consider to be a supervolcano, but it hasn't produced an eruption in historic times. Also it doesn't show any obvious signs of unrest except some CO2 emissions. I personally live near the Hegau volcanic area, wich is located in the very south of Germany between the black forest and the lake of constance. Also no notable activity here except some occasional very small (
Hey - always love your videos! Can you do a video on Cotopaxi in Ecuador? :)
This would Vs nice to see.
I did not expect that list. A foreigner once asked if Tagatay (the place surrounding Taal volcano) is safe. It looks beautiful but aren't we afraid if it erupts. To which locals answer it erupts frequently so the magnitude is never that big. No way it can erupt as big as Pinatubo.
Of course that is the common assumption around here, since Tagatay is among the favourite destinations for people in Manila. But watching this channel and learning that the lake itself (not the center island) is the actual crater, gosh, it makes you a little paranoid.
Not so much about size of eruption here though - but about the danger to people which Taal has that potential.
Yep even then taal is still capable of those vei 7 eruptions
The fact that so many people live right next to active volcanoes is beyond me. They are just begging for a repeat of Pompeii. A smart choice would be living far away from all volcanoes even dormant ones.
Wow! Never thought Taal would be top of this list. I was thinking Tambora or St Helens would top it especially their brutal historic eruptions that taken numerous lives.
What? Mt. St. Helens isn't even that deadly compared to any of the volcanoes listed here. Taal killed 1300 in 1911, and thousands unknown in 1754 in its biggest eruption in historic times, while prehistorically, it's eruptions were even more massive that it now sits at the 3rd largest volcanic lake in the world after Toba and Taupo.
Taal has multiple VEI 6 and possible 1 VEI 7 eruption which St. Helens lacked
Gets right to the point....nice ! !
Imagine the guy just plopping Naples right in Vesuvius’ path without realising the pain and suffering he’d cause throughout the centuries
Mnt Rainer should be a top 5 honestly, its enormous, has a unbelievable amount of very old thick glacial ice, and has almost certainly accumulated a lot of very viscous magma in its middle magma zone/chamber region. I think a decent gas rich influx can be a recipe for a lahar 3 or 4 times as large and deadly than St Helens
I feel like mount Rainier should be higher on that list. It is one of the more heavily glaciated volcanoes on the planet, has a small potential for a massive rockslide courtesy of chemically altered rock, and is near large areas of population. Hell, its even one of the Decade Volcanoes. If that thing ever does even a moderately sized eruption, a lot of people are screwed.
Rainers eruption are infrequent and are VEI4 or below
I am surprised that Ranier didn't make the list.
It did
It's on the list it's just not high because it doesn't have a documented death toll and more to the point Magma hasn't been detected within 10KM of the volcanoes surface. St. Helens is far more active than rainier is but Rainier poses a huge landslide hazard.
Everyday I have a livestreaming in Taal Volcano
it seems like a large number of volcanoes are erupting currently , could you do a video explaining why or explaining that it's normal.
Simple
Media and algorithm
Great job! Again.
THANK YOU!!!!
This content is cool
Well done thank you
So I’m confused on the score that you gave to each volcano. The higher the number the less likely it is to cause a catastrophic event?
Higher score = more dangerous. In this case a “destructive event” results in:
-loss of life
-evacuations
-destruction of property
-air traffic disruption
i like the little reward for staying til the end :)
Very interesting!
Now I know that the Taal Volcano on my beloved Philippines is the deadliest volcano on the planet 😨
Very interesting!🔥🌋🌋🌋
Can't believe there aren't any in the top 25 from the Eastern seaboard of the US! But glad...
curious, where did Mt.Rainier in Washington State land on this list?
USGS ranks it as #3 in the country. The main risk is Lahar as it tends to reach many of the cities in the area like Enumclaw all the way to the port of Tacoma. Settlement and recorded history in the area is relatively recent which makes it hard to asses but USGS has it ranked pretty much near the top. It is not as dangerous to people as Naples where people are living inside the Caldera but no doubt a Lahar is a formidable risk especially from a rare event form Rainer like the Osceola Mudflow event would impact a good number of people.
When Taal eruprñted back at 2020 the ash actually arrived to us even tho were north of Quezon city and also there is alot of volcanos a few 1k kilometers of me
I was looking at the Galapagos Islands and noticed several calderas that looked like rings left from former larger Islands plus lots of cones on the largest Island, Isla Isabela. I was wondering if any these are considered active? Were any large eruptions in the past?
Bless you bud. Looking at Isla Isabella via it's Satellite Images there seems to be pretty strong evidence that a caldera collapse South West of the Vulcan Wolf. And blatant evidence of Lava Flows having reached the ocean from that volcano. I'm unfamiliar with the geology of the island but the visual evidence seems to support it.
Cool, man!!
Mt Tarawera is very meaningful to me. Played a big role in my life. But to see it at 10 - I knew it was dangerous - but to think someone else thinks so has me worried.
Bless you Louise, it's genuinely good to see people who have history with these places. That said I wouldn't concern yourself too much about Tarawara's placement on this list the score system used doesn't necersarrily imply a "threat" level but rather a score based only on it's historical activity. Thankfully Tawawera is very well monitored these days.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Thank you. It just came as a shock to me. This mountain buried our beloved pink and white terraces and caused such sadness. Your are right - it will be very well monitored. It's one thing to be in awe of the incredible might of these volcanoes but another to take on board the reality that some of these volcanoes may cause yet more sorrow in our lifetimes.
@@louisej3664 No problem. I imagine that's the same feeling the people of Naples have when viewing Vesuvius. Truly the sight of Somma-Vesuvius and it's backdrop makes for a beautiful sight and yet... seeing just how much Vesuvius dwarfs it's underlying towns is truly terrifying as well. Fortunately for the time being we've not seen such an apocalyptic eruption as yet... well okay Anak Krakatau causing Tsunami's in 2018 but besides that...
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Your comments caused me to embark on a bit of a journey of discovery not only about the Taupo Volcanic Region but then back to Vesuvius. Thank you for inspiring me :)
I'm usually pleased if New Zealand gets a mention, but on this list, not so much.
I shouldn't worry, I live 230 km away in Auckland, safely among the 53 previously only small eruptions in the area :-)
Bless you buddy I wouldn't be too worried if you live 230KM that's generally speaking outside the red and yellow hazard zone for terawara. Lake Taupo on the other hand...
what do you think about strato volcanoes that really close with each other? like vesuvius-campi flegrei, arjuna-kawi, sindoro-sumbing, semeru-bromo complex, etc. how they're form, or do they share magma chamber ?
This is an interesting topic. I do not yet have an opinion on the issue as it’s an area of geology I do not have enough knowledge in. I know of two such areas with ridiculously closely spaced volcanoes in Alaska; such as near Novarupta
Are there any other widely used methods of calculating the danger of a volcano objectively? While I'm no volcanologist, it seems this method produces useful results but may fail to account for particular hazards. It seems odd to me that Niyragongo is ranked as low as it is, for example.
Eruptions at the volcano tend to be infrequent and confined to the lava lake unless it drains which isn't often
@@KaiserStormTracking Still, when it drains it often drains directly into a massive city. Though my feeling could totally be my own bias at play.