{"id":397527,"date":"2019-02-28T02:59:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/catastrophic-volcanic-eruptions-in-california-are-inevitable\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T02:59:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:59:12","slug":"catastrophic-volcanic-eruptions-in-california-are-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/catastrophic-volcanic-eruptions-in-california-are-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions In California Are \u2018Inevitable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mac Slavo<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/state-warnings-catastrophic-volcanic-eruptions-in-california-are-inevitable_02272019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SHTFplan.com<\/a><br \/>February 28, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has warned that California\u2019s next big catastrophe might not be a massive earthquake.\u00a0 Instead, they say a massive volcanic eruption could plunge the state into a post-apocalyptic\u00a0hellscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a report released on Monday<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sir\/2018\/5159\/sir20185159.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">,<\/a>\u00a0the USGS said\u00a0that at least<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/emergency-preparedness\/usgs-says-california-needs-close-monitoring-of-8-active-volcanoes_08132017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 10 volcanic eruptions<\/a>have taken place in the past 1,000 years and that \u201cfuture volcanic eruptions are inevitable.\u201d The USGS has previously said that California in dire need of the monitoring of at least 8 active volcanoes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tR1tYRGEwV\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/emergency-preparedness\/usgs-says-california-needs-close-monitoring-of-8-active-volcanoes_08132017\">USGS Says California Needs Close Monitoring Of 8 Active Volcanoes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/emergency-preparedness\/usgs-says-california-needs-close-monitoring-of-8-active-volcanoes_08132017\/embed#?secret=tR1tYRGEwV\" data-secret=\"tR1tYRGEwV\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" title=\"\u201cUSGS Says California Needs Close Monitoring Of 8 Active Volcanoes\u201d \u2014 SHTF Plan - When It Hits The Fan, Don't Say We Didn't Warn You\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>USGS claims that most people are well aware of the fact that California could experience a major and deadly earthquake, but the general public is less than concerned about a volcanic eruption. \u201cThe potential for damaging earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis, and wildfires is widely recognized in California,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/california-san-andreas-volcanic-eruption-usgs-1343580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the report said according to<em> Newsweek.<\/em><\/a> \u201cThe same cannot be said for volcanic eruptions, despite the fact that they occur in the state about as frequently as the largest earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The USGS estimated the risk of volcanic eruption based on the past 5,000 years of volcanic activity in California. The report\u00a0further found that there is a 16 percent chance of a small to moderate-sized eruption over the next 30 years.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/california-san-andreas-volcanic-eruption-usgs-1343580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> As reported by <em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>, by comparison, there is a 22 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquake at the San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Although one cannot stop a volcano from erupting, preparations can be made just in case this inevitable event happens on our watch.\u00a0The potentially hazardous volcanoes in California are being monitored closely for any changes that indicate an eruption could be on the way, but that may not give those in surrounding communities&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/state-warning-catastrophic-volcanic-eruptions-in-california-are-inevitable.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac SlavoSHTFplan.comFebruary 28, 2019 The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has warned that California\u2019s next big catastrophe might not be a massive earthquake.\u00a0 Instead, they say a massive volcanic eruption could plunge the state into a post-apocalyptic\u00a0hellscape. In a report released on Monday,\u00a0the USGS said\u00a0that at least 10 volcanic eruptionshave taken place in the past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-397527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}