On average, a volcano erupts once a week on Earth. Ten or twelve
eruptions a year have the potential to kill people. Two or three a decade
threaten mass death or destruction. 75% of the biggest eruptions in the past
two centuries came from volcanoes never known to have erupted before.
THE WORLD'S ELEVEN MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES: Klyuchevskoy Karymsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Shishaldin, Alaska, United States
Colima, Central Mexico
Etna, Sicily, Italy Popocatepetl, Central Mexico, near Mexico City Soufriere Hills Montserrat, West Indies Pacaya, Santa Maria, Guatemala Guagua Pichincha Quito, Ecuador Mt. Mayon, Legazpi, Philippines
Cerro Azul, Galápagos Islands
Merapi Semeru, Java, Indonesia
