Due to hundreds of earthquakes, one of the most powerful supervolcanoes on Earth woke up

New Zealand scientists have raised the alert level due to a volcano under the country's largest lake. Over the past 5000 years, it caused the largest eruption on Earth about 1800 years ago. MSN.

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The warning was issued after hundreds of small earthquakes hit the area. Scientists have raised the alert level for the first time since 1994.

But experts insist the chance of a destructive eruption "remains very low." Their announcement came after the geoscience agency GeoNet reported that about 700 small earthquakes had been recorded on Lake Taupo since May.

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“Earthquakes and deformation may continue in the coming weeks or months,” the report said.
Volcanic disturbances at volcanoes such as Taupo can continue for months or years without causing an eruption.

The volcano ejected more than 100 cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere when it last erupted around 200 AD. e. Then he devastated much of the central part of the North Island of New Zealand in the period before the emergence of man, reports Strange Sounds.

According to GeoNet, the eruption was the largest on the planet in the last 5000 years.

The warning has now been raised from 0 to 1. The Volcano Alert has 6 levels that range from 0 to 5.

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New Zealand sits on the boundary between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates and experiences significant volcanic activity as well as earthquakes.

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