In recent weeks, seismic and volcanic activity in the country’s metropolitan areas has ranged from microearthquakes in the capital to volcanic eruptions in the east and birth of the future A volcano south of Mexico City.

UNAM scientists warn of volcanic eruptions in the region Chichinautzin Monogenetic Field is a huge volcanic hazard for Mexico City, Home to over 20 million people.

It should be noted that the birth of a new volcano will have warning signs from the authorities, so in millennium We share with you how volcanoes are born.

How are volcanoes born?

mass information society National Geographicexplaining two main ways in which volcanoes can form; one due to The constant movement of tectonic plates plate or so called hotspot.

In the first case, volcanoes often originate on the fringes of these volcanoes, such as the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire Russ The oceanic plate is sliding under Asia and America As the two continents get closer.

In this case, volcanoes are born when oceanic lithospheric plates and continental plates meet, or collide. causing one to sink into the other.

The second occurs when a column of gas or volcanic material is called feather produce Intense pressure from core to surface

If one of these volcanic plumes appeared in the ocean, it would form an underwater volcano, and when it reached the surface, will become a volcanic island This is the case with the chain of volcanoes in Hawaii.

It should be noted that these volcanoes can also occur on Earth, such as Yellowstone National Park in the United States, scientists say It is inhabited by a supervolcano that has been dormant for approximately 640,000 years.

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