Where Will the Next Volcano Erupt?

COMPARING VOLCANOES The April 14 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano chance of a bigger one: At any given time there are roughly disrupted air traffic over much of Europe and stranded 20 active volcanoes around the world, and there are 16 thousands of passengers across the world. The total cost is volcanoes-called "Decade Volcanoes"-that are currently estimated to be $5 billion in lost GDP through May 24, 2010. noted to have a history of large eruptions and a proximity to But now that dust has cleared, we can see that the eruption populated areas. Imagine the cost if one of those erupts. was small by historical standards, and there is always the 10 BIGGEST ERUPTIONS since 1000 10 MOST DEADLY ERUPTIONS 25 cubic mile tephra or lava emitted (in cubic mile) (number of fatalities) 100 fatalities 10 Largest Cities A Current Eruptions (week of June 9-15, 2010) 16 Decade Volcanoes Historical Eruptions I Ring of Fire I Geothermal Hot Spots 10 20 30 million SOURCES Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin- Green Bay: Geocodezip.com: Oxford Economics: United Nations Population Division; U.S. Geological Survey A collaboration between GOOD and MGMT. design Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, 2010 0000● Pinatubo, Philippines, 1991 ●● Billy Mitchell, Papua New Guinea, 1580 O 3.4 ● Novarupta, Alaska, 1912 Grimsvötn and Laki, Iceland, 1783–1785 Santa Maria, Guatemala, 1902 Krakatoa, Indonesia, 1883 Huaynaputina, Peru, 1600 Long Island, Papua New Guinea, 1660 0. Kolumbo, Greece, 1650 O Tambora, Indonesia, 1815 Tambora, Indonesia, 1815 000'26 Krakatau, Indonesia, 1883 36.000 Mount Pelee, Martinique, 1902 000'82 .. Nevado Ruiz, Colombia, 1985 ::: 23,000 # Vesuvius, Italy, 79AD 000'91 : Unzen, Japan, 1792 00S'DI Kelut, Java, 1586 000'0 aki, Iceland, 1783 OSE'6 Kelut, Java, 1919 000's :::: vesuvius, Itlay, 1631 000't