Awesome Facts about Volcanoes

· The most deadliest volcano eruption ever was in Tambora, Indonesia in 1815. It killed 92,000 people and left 82,000 starving in the aftermath.

· Loki's magma was so hot that it melted through 609 meters of glacial ice.

· Mount St. Helens’s volume of ash carried by the wind was 540,000,000 tons.

· The wind had spread the ashes from Mount St. Helens over 22,000 square miles.

· It takes 15 days for ash to circle the earth.

· There are 539 active volcanoes in the world; 53 of these are in the United States. Most are in Alaska.

· Mt. Vesuvius killed Roman scholar named Pliny.

· There have been explosions where toxic gas comes out.