Colossal volcanic eruption could destroy Japan at any time: study
Japan Times (AFP-JIJI) Oct 23, 2014
Japan could be nearly destroyed by a volcanic eruption over the next century that would put nearly all of its population of 127 million people at risk, a new study says.
“It is not an overstatement to say that a colossal volcanic eruption would leave Japan extinct as a country,” Kobe University earth sciences professor Yoshiyuki Tatsumi and associate professor Keiko Suzuki said in a study publicly released on Wednesday.
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1% chance Japan will be virtually wiped out by volcanic blast in next 100 years
Asahi News: October 23, 2014
The probability of a large volcanic eruption bringing catastrophic damage to Japan over the next 100 years is 1 percent, a Kobe University research team said.
In a worst-case scenario, a huge eruption in the Kyushu region would emit pyroclastic flows covering widespread areas of the island and engulf the entire archipelago in ash, according to the team’s estimates ...more...