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Most likely not. A recent study found the probability of a Krakatoa-sized eruption to be about 1 in 200,000 in any given year. The probability of a super eruption was far less likely. Seismic analysis suggests that the magma chamber is starting to cool and crystallize, making it too viscous to erupt unless there is a dramatic change.

There is a common misconception that Yellowstone is "overdue" for a super eruption, as it erupts every 600,000 years and the last super eruption was 640,000 years ago. In reality the volcano does not erupt regularly and has gone much longer spans without a super eruption. The current volcano has produced three super eruptions 2.1 million, 1.3 million, and 640,000 years ago. This gives intervals of 800,000 and 660,000 years. However, three events is not enough to deduce a pattern.

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Did anyone die after the eruption of Yellowstone volcano?

No. The last time Yellowstone erupted there were no people around to be affected.


How many people got injured in the eruption of Yellowstone?

There Were No People On Earth in B.C 638,000.


Have people been affected by Yellowstone?

The last Yellowstone eruption was more than 640,000 years ago and as modern-appearing humans originated (in Africa) only about 200,000 years ago, no human has been affected by a Yellowstone eruption.However, Yellowstone is a beautiful wilderness area and many humans have been profoundly affected emotionally (by its beauty and wildlife) by a visit there.


What is available in terms of technology or the local environment that will help provide options for keeping people safe from yellowstone volcanic eruption?

there is no way because the water is to hot


When will Yellowstone blow?

Yellowstone National Park sits on top of one of the largest, most active, and potentially most explosive volcanoes in the world. The caldera of the volcano is roughly 28x47 miles in size, centered roughly under Yellowstone Lake. The last known eruption, a relatively minor event, occurred about 70,000 years ago. There have been three "super eruptions" of Yellowstone over the past 2.1 million years, each with an interval of about 660,000 - 800,000 years. The last giant caldera-forming super eruption occurred about 640,000 years ago. Those looking for patterns point out that we are due for another super eruption, based on the past interval. However, there is no evidence to suggest that Yellowstone's eruptions are cyclical. There currently is no way to predict when Yellowstone will next erupt, but when it does, it most likely will not be the super eruption people speak about. Seismic studies suggest that the magma chamber under Yellowstone is cooling and a large portion of the magma has solidified, making a large eruption highly unlikely. If a super eruption does occur, however, it will smother much of the United States and change weather patterns throughout the world for years, displacing an estimated 1,000 times more rock and ash than the Mount St. Helen's eruption of 1980.


How many people have died at Yellowstone national park?

No people were killed in that eruption. The Yellowstone Caldera formed 640,000 years ago, before modern humans even existed. Doubtless many animals were killed, but there is no way of estimating how many.


How is the government going to prepare us for Yellowstone eruption?

Stock up on dehydrated foods, water, camping supplies, medical supplies, ammunition, clothing, and gas up the truck (jeep if you HAVE one). Head toward the tropics. The Mediterranean might be nice, but you can't drive there from here. Somewhere around the Equator is where you would have the best chance for survival from the imminent eruption of North America's wildest SuperVolcano.


How has the Yellowstone volcano affected people?

What would happen if Yellowstone were to erupt? If the supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park ever had another massive eruption, it could spew ash for thousands of miles across the United States, damaging buildings, smothering crops, and shutting down power plants. It'd be a huge disaster.


How long have people been at Yellowstone?

i have been to yellowstone


Is Yellowstone a dangerous place?

If it erupts in a super eruption, yes. In an eruption 10,000 times more destructive than the Mt. St. Helen's eruption of 1980, Yellowstone's super eruption will smother much of the western United States, from Washington state to Minnesota, from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, with a thick layer of ash, destroy thousands, if not millions of homes, cause countless deaths of people, livestock, and crops, and change the weather patterns for the entire globe for years. It will, in short, be a natural catastrophe unlike any modern people have ever experienced. But that probably won't happen in any foreseeable future.


How are people affected by yellow stone caldera?

Currently the geothermal springs from the volcano generate a lot of tourism for Yellowstone. However, there are concerns about a potential eruption, which would have devastating global consequences. However, at this time there is no way of knowing when its next eruption will be.


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