30 Calamitous Facts About Volcanoes That’ll Blow Your Mind

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26Mauna Loa eruption

Mauna Loa eruption

In 1935 when Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupted and threatened the town of Hilo, the US Army Air Corps attempted to divert the oncoming lava flows with bombing runs planned by George S. Patton (then a Lt. Colonel).


27. The supervolcanic eruption of Lake Ilopango in El Salvador in 536 A.D. devastated the Mayan empire and started the slowing of Mayan progress which lasted 30 years because ash lingered in the atmosphere for 18 months, resulting in cold years and drought. This theory disputes older theories of Mayan decline of civilization and deforestation.


28. During the colonial times, people thought that the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua was a gate to hell. They believed a witch lived in the volcano guarding it. To stop frequent eruptions they sacrificed the prettiest girl in the town by throwing her in it.


29. The Santiaguito Volcano in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala has erupted almost every hour for 94 years. The 200,000 people living in Quetzaltenango live next to the world’s noisiest neighbor.


30. The Kavachi underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean is an active volcano, which frequently creates islands up to 50 feet tall, only to be eroded soon after by waves.

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