Which country has never had a VE-7 or VE-8 volcanic eruption?

Answer 1

You must be playing the 2012 Leader game and now that the spelling mistakes are corrected here, the answer you are looking for is Germany.Germany is the country that has not had an VE-7 or VE-8 volcanic eruption, at least not as far as scientists know. (see correction below)

Now you know - but I expect you to vote for me when the time comes, name's Joel.

But there are other countries besides Germany that have not had these types of eruptions - so the better question is what countries HAVE had these types of eruptions. Here is the list, via http://www.2012online.org/2012research/supervolcano/

VEI-8 (Supervolcano) eruptions have happened in the following locations.

* Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand - Oruanui eruption 26,500 years ago

* Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia - 75,000 years ago

* Whakamaru, North Island, New Zealand - Whakamaru Ignimbrite/Mount Curl Tephra 254,000 years ago

* Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, United States - 640,000 years ago

* Island Park Caldera, Idaho/Wyoming, United States - 2.1 million years ago

* Kilgore Tuff, Idaho, United States - 4.5 million years ago

* Black Tail Creek, Idaho, United States - 6.6 million years ago

* La Garita Caldera, Colorado, United States - Source of the truly enormous eruption of the Fish Canyon Tuff 27.8 million years ago The Lake Toba eruption plunged the Earth into a volcanic winter, eradicating an estimated 60% of the human population (although humans managed to survive, even in the vicinity of the volcano), and was responsible for the formation of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.

VEI-7 volcanic events, less colossal but still super massive, have occurred in the geological past.

* Tambora, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia - 1815

* Baekdu Mountain, China/North Korea - 969 AD

* Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand - Hatepe eruption 181 C.E.

* Kikai Caldera, Ryukyu Islands, Japan - 6,300 years ago (4,300 BC)

* Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy - 12,000 years ago (10,000 BC)

* Aira Caldera, Kyushu, Japan - 22,000 years ago (20,000 BC)

* Reporoa caldera, New Zealand - 230,000 years ago

* Aso, Kyushu, Japan - Four large explosive eruptions between 300,000 to 80,000 years ago

* Long Valley Caldera, California, United States - 760,000 years ago

* Valles Caldera, New Mexico, United States - 1.12 million years ago

* Mangakino, North Island, New Zealand - three eruptions from 0.97 to 1.23 million years ago

* Henry's Fork Caldera, Idaho, United States - 1.3 million years ago

* Walcott Tuff, Idaho, United States - 6.4 million years ago

* Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex, British Columbia/Yukon, Canada - 50 million years ago

* Bruneau-Jarbidge, Idaho, United States According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:VEI-7_volcanoes), Germany has experienced a VEI-7 volcanic eruption of the "Leacher See" volcano. In the list of VEI-7 volcanoes in the link above, click on the Leacher See for the details. Therefore the correct answer to the "Looking for the Leader of the Post-2012 World" is Somalia by the process of elimination. The question as presented in the contest is "Which of these countries has never experienced a VE-7 or VE-8 volcanic eruption, as far as geologist have been able to determine?" The choices are (a) Japan (b) Somalia (c) Italy (d) United States (e) Germany. Joel, fee free to correct your answer and delete my correction. You did a good job of presenting the list of volcanoes from the contest. The only problem was the list did not mention Germany or Somalia and therefore required a tie breaker for the correct choice. Wikipedia was the source with the additional information. Larry