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power_gamer_6 · 03-31-2010, 11:44 PM

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1225847214540

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EUROPE'S largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy "at any time", a prominent vulcanologist has warned.

The Marsili volcano, which is bursting with magma, has "fragile walls" that could collapse, Enzo Boschi told the leading daily Corriere della Sera. "It could even happen tomorrow," Prof Boschi, president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said. "Our latest research shows that the volcano is not structurally solid, its walls are fragile, the magma chamber is of sizeable dimensions," he said. "All that tells us that the volcano is active and could begin erupting at any time."

The event would result in "a strong tsunami that could strike the coasts of Campania, Calabria and Sicily," Prof Boschi said.
The undersea Marsili, 3000m tall and located some 150km south-west of Naples, has not erupted since the start of recorded history.
It is 70km long and 30km wide, and its crater is some 450m below the surface of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

"A rupture of the walls would let loose millions of cubic metres of material capable of generating a very powerful wave," Prof Boschi said.
"While the indications that have been collected are precise, it is impossible to make predictions. The risk is real but hard to evaluate."

Well, fuck.

MarchoftheBlackLions · 03-31-2010, 11:46 PM

Save the pasta!

†Ð£MØÑ† · 03-31-2010, 11:47 PM

Awesome. Awesome to the max

Avarwen · 03-31-2010, 11:53 PM

How interesting but I hope it doesn't erupt anytime soon I would like to see Italy at some point.

Bryan · 04-01-2010, 12:03 AM

Mario could totally jump over it.

This just seems like another "it could happen if *insert numerous amount of variables here* occurs" theory.

Norrin Radd · 04-01-2010, 12:03 AM

It's one of those things that probably won't happen.

It hasn't happened since recorded history, so that means it either will soon, or won't for ages.

Zymbaline · 04-01-2010, 12:16 AM

*sadface*

10charz

shadowsworn · 04-01-2010, 12:39 AM

my family live in the north, phew

regardless, I really hope that doesn't happen.

nancy.<3's.you · 04-01-2010, 01:05 AM

volcano insurance.

shadowsworn · 04-01-2010, 01:06 AM

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indeed

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Avarwen Murxidon's Maid Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,049 Reputation: 52	How interesting but I hope it doesn't erupt anytime soon I would like to see Italy at some point. __________________ We've come along way but we've still got a long way to go. Playing: Minecraft TF2 (Sassy Burrito)

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Norrin Radd Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Space Posts: 9,587 Reputation: 235	It's one of those things that probably won't happen. It hasn't happened since recorded history, so that means it either will soon, or won't for ages.

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shadowsworn Retired Staff Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,130 Reputation: 246	my family live in the north, phew regardless, I really hope that doesn't happen. __________________ From which of this oak shall I hang myself?

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