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There are far fewer major volcanic eruptions than there are earthquakes.

Earthquakes have no warning. Most volcanos give warning signs before a major eruption.

Earthquakes affect far larger areas, and those areas are more likely to have people living in them. Unless you are near a volcano, *and* in the path of a pyroclastic flow, a blast, or are two stupid to get out of the way of a lava flow, they are unlikely to kill you.

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