"According to the seismic network, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred on the seabed of the northwest Pacific Ocean, 1,600 kilometers away from the eastern part of our country, and coastal residents are requested to pay attention to the possibility of a tsunami."

This is an early warning message sent by the earthquake early warning system covering the whole city, and this information was received by more than 80% of the people in the whole city almost in a second.

However, this early warning message did not cause any panic, to be precise, it did not cause panic among the people of Yuben, because every year there are more earthquakes of more than 6 or higher in the waters around Yuben and its surrounding areas, but there are very few that can really cause catastrophic consequences.

Although the magnitude of this earthquake is as high as 6.8 on the Richter scale, it is too far away from the mainland, and even if such a tsunami is triggered, the impact on the mainland is minimal.

Therefore, the vast majority of the people still do what they should do, and nothing has changed because of this early warning message.

However, when this warning message falls on the ears of some people, it is a big deal. Especially when those geologists saw or heard this warning message, a name flashed in their minds almost at the same time - the Great Tamu Volcano!

It is understandable that ordinary people do not know about the Great Tamu Volcano, and compared to the big guy who has been silent for more than 100 million years, the people of Yomoto are more concerned about the active volcanoes in Yomoto, such as Aso Volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture

What is the Great Tamu Volcano? The people don't know.

But those geologists understand.

That's the existence of the so-called "Earth Killer"!

But why did Mao, a big guy who hasn't moved for hundreds of millions of years, sneeze at this time?

Geologists know very well that the crustal activity under the seabed is very slight in the area where the Great Tamu volcano is located, and the geological structure of the area is very stable, even in 2011, when the Tohoku earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 was struck. None of them affected the stability of the earth's crust near the Great Tamu volcano.

But it's just Mao, and now it suddenly erupts into an earthquake? Obviously, there are four causes of earthquakes, the first is tectonic earthquakes, and the geological structure of that area of the sea is stable, obviously not tectonic earthquakes; The second is to induce earthquakes, but there are no nuclear explosions in that area. There are no large reservoirs, so how can an induced earthquake occur?

As for the third type, the collapse earthquake, just kidding, how can such an earthquake happen in that area?

Well, come to think of it, there is only one last reason left for a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in that area, and that is a volcanic earthquake.

Although every volcanic eruption is capable of causing an earthquake. But that kind of earthquake is not very large, either in terms of magnitude or intensity. But why did a magnitude 6.8 earthquake happen there?

My Amaterasu! If this 6.8 magnitude earthquake was really a volcanic earthquake, then it was not the Great Tamu Volcano

That's not good news! After thinking of the possible connection between that terrifying big guy and this earthquake, the geologists in this book immediately panicked one by one.

These geologists are different from the ordinary people of Yuben, they are a group of people with real talents and real learning. They all know one thing very well, don't look at the Great Tamu Volcano is still 1,600 kilometers away from the mainland, which is quite far away, but if the big guy really sneezes. The consequences are far more serious than the eruption of the Aso volcano.

Don't look at Mt. Aso, which is recognized as "once it erupts, it is said to be destroyed". But these geologists know that compared to the Great Tamu Volcano, even if Mount Aso really erupts, it is not even a fart!

Geologists know that in the next 100 years, there is only a 1% chance of a devastating eruption. If this chance really falls on Mt. Kumamoto Aso. The worst-case scenario is that the entire territory will be covered with volcanic ash, and at least 10 centimeters of volcanic ash will be flooded in various places. However, although this will cause a total shutdown of waterways, gas, and electricity, affecting the communication networks of more than 100 million people, and even changing the climate, it does not mean that it will bring about the demise of the capital. The statement that "the total eruption of Mt. Aso = the extinction of Mt. Aso" is just a joke with no scientific basis at all.

And once that horrible big guy really erupts. Even at the bottom of the sea, it is qualified enough to influence the fate of humanity around the world!

Therefore, when this warning information was released, various ships, including the Meteorological Agency and the Maritime Self-Defense Force, left the port almost immediately, heading for the eastern sea, 1,600 kilometers away.

In the Ogasawara Islands and Minami-Torishima Islands, several long-range twin-engine helicopters and maritime patrol planes flew out at the first time, heading straight for the designated sea area.

Minami Bird Island is the closest island to the Great Tamu Volcano, which is only more than 500 kilometers away, so the sea patrol planes departing from the island were the first to arrive in the area where the earthquake occurred an hour later. As a result, the situation there stunned the pilot and the experts on the plane.

I saw that in the distant sea, a large area of sea water seemed to be boiling, bubbling outward with a large number of bubbles, and from time to time you could see a very spectacular sea explosion!

Almost all of the seawater in a radius of tens of square kilometers looks like this, and once there is a seawater explosion, water vapor, carbon dioxide and some volatile substances from the deep part of the earth, as well as a large amount of volcanic debris material and hot lava, can actually rush up to a height of several hundred meters, so that this large area of sea is completely shrouded in water vapor.

Compared with the real situation in front of us, the so-called disaster blockbusters that Hollywood has made are like children's cartoons

This seemingly spectacular, but in fact extremely dangerous situation, immediately caused the pilot of the P3-C patrol aircraft to immediately increase his altitude. Just kidding, although the altitude of the patrol plane is four or five hundred meters now, who knows that if you plunge headlong into that sea area and catch up with a sea explosion, the power will directly swallow this patrol plane in one bite!

Compared to this seawater explosion, what Tomahawk cruise missiles, what BrahMos cruise missiles, are like matches for children to play with. If there's anything that can compare to this thing, I'm afraid it's only mushroom bombs

The pilot of the patrol plane knew to avoid danger, but the experts on the patrol plane were really dumbfounded. As the only marine geologist on South Bird Island, this guy knows a lot about the Great Tamu Volcano. Of course, he knew that beneath the sea level in this area was the great and terrifying Tamu Volcano.

And the scene in front of him is obviously caused by an undersea volcanic eruption. However, the spectacular situation of a seawater explosion is usually formed by volcanic eruptions when the water is shallow and the water pressure is not high, and the highest point of the Great Tamu Volcano is more than 2,000 meters above sea level!

What the hell is this, this, this (to be continued.) )