MOST ACTIVE VOLCANIC BODY____lo is one of jupiter's moons. it has more active volcanoes than anywhere else in our solar system. BIGGEST ERUPTION-------Mount toba, in the ring of fire, produced the largest volcanic eruption of the last 2 million years. It happened 74,000 years ago. LONGEST RECORDED HISTORY_____Mount Etna, in sicily, has the volcano. the ancient greeks worte about it as early as 425 BCE. It is still active today. THE US' LARGEST VOLCANO_____The caldera at yellowstone National park has not erupted for 600,000 years, but if it did, it could wipe out two-third of the us . MOST DEATHS_____The 1815 eruption of tambora caused 92,000 deaths. krakatau's eruption killed 36000. Mount pelee's eruption killed 30,000 in 1902. .. MOST FATAL PYROCLASTIC SURGE____Pyroclastic flow from mount pelee completely destroyed the town of saint-pierre, in Martinique. Almost every person in the town was killed. LARGEST LAVA ERUPTION_____IN 1783, Mount Laki, in iceland, erupted for eight months.Crops were destroyed and livestock died. A terrible famine resulted. LARGEST VOLCANIC TSUNAMI______The eruption of krakatau in 1883 caused a tsunami that was 130 feet {40m} tall. Most of the deaths at krakatau resulted from the tsunami.
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