A gigantic undersea volcano could result in a tsunami that would wipe the southern coast of Italy if it erupts, according to a volvanologist.
The walls of the largest underwater volcano in Europe could collapse, releasing thousands of tons of magma, which would result in a giant tsunami that would likely flood the whole of southern Italy, said experts at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
“It could even happen tomorrow,” Enzo Bosch Boschi, president INGV told Italy’s Corriere della Sera. “A rupture of the walls would let loose millions of cubic meters of material capable of generating a very powerful wave.”
“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 Marsili volcano is 3,000 meters tall and located around 150 kilometers southwest of Naples. The volcano is 70 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, with its crater located around 450 meters below the surface of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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