Is there a link between the the latest volcanic eruptions and the earthquake in Italy?
May 30, 2009
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Earthquake Questions
Is there a link between the volcanic eruption of Mt. Redoubt in Alaska, Llaima volcano in Chile, and the earthquake in Italy? Could their be something to all this?
Just wondering.
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Ole T on May 30, 2009 at 7:24 am
None at all.
do a little more research and find out just how many volcanoes are erupting around the world in any given month, correlate that against the number of major (>5) earthquakes in any given month, and you will easily see that there is absolutely no connection. The only correlation is that reporting and detection is getting better and faster, so the news pick up more.
The two volcanoes you mention are on the "ring of fire", Italy is in the collision zone between the African and Eurasian plates. It is difficult to find any two tectonic regions less likely to influence each other.