Binns and Anderson were professionals in conversation, and they quickly calmed the excitement of Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, who had a somewhat low emotional intelligence, and then began to guide the questioning.

"Dr. Alvarez, we want to know how much impact it will have on the federation once the Yellowstone volcano erupts..."

Although Ricardo Alvarez's mood calmed down a lot, he was still a little excited. He asked instead of answering:

"I wonder if you know about the San Andreas Fault?"

Rose Anderson answered:

"You mean the San Andreas Fault Zone in the Golden State?"

Alvarez gave an approving look.

"I forgot, Miss Anderson, you are also a doctor and should know something about the San Andreas Fault."

Anderson shook his head modestly and said:

"I'm not a geology major and don't know much about it. Doctor, please tell us in detail..."

A simple sentence made Alvarez's favor increase greatly. When he mentioned his profession, the doctor couldn't help but said with excitement:

"We all know that the earth's crust is not monolithic, but is composed of several huge solid rock blocks called tectonic plates. There are naturally cracks and other naturally formed structures between the plates."

"The San Andreas Fault is located at the junction of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. One of the two plates moves to the southwest, and the other moves to the northwest. The so-called San Andreas Fault means that the two plates on both sides interact with each other.

The staggered boundary formed by shear sliding has existed for more than 20 million years. It runs through the entire federal Golden State area for 800 miles, and the part that extends below the ground is about 16 kilometers.

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"What scares me is that the San Andreas Fault has not had a major earthquake in 250 years, and now the pressure brought by the plates on both sides of it is approaching the point of an explosion."

"Over the past three hundred years, many relevant scientists have proven through research that the pressure on the southern end of the San Andreas crustal fault zone has been continuously accumulating. Do you know what this means?"

Mike Binns duly praised:

"What does it mean?"

Rose Anderson answered for Alvarez:

"This means that a major earthquake is likely to occur in the area near Los Angeles and San Diego!"

Ricardo Alvarez nods:

"Yes, the energy released by this pressure accumulated over hundreds of years is enough to cause a major earthquake with an intensity of seven or more on the Richter scale."

The female doctor asked again with some confusion:

"Then it's just an earthquake here in Jinzhou. What does it have to do with the Yellowstone volcano far to the north?"

Alvarez said:

"If it were a simple earthquake caused by the San Andreas Fault being squeezed by the plate, it would at most be similar to the San Francisco earthquake that year, which could cause more than 100,000 casualties and millions of people homeless.

The consequences of such a disaster, but modern human society already has a certain degree of disaster relief capabilities, and at most it will be a small-scale regional disaster!"

"In fact, in the past 1,400 to 1,500 years, major earthquakes caused by the San Andreas fault have occurred about once every 150 years. But if this happens,

The Yellowstone volcano, a super volcano, has also erupted, which will not only cause a super volcano eruption in central and northern North America, triggering all kinds of terrible disasters, but may also cause some underground movements to exert more pressure on the San Francisco Bay 1,500 kilometers away.

On this side of the Andres Fault, once an earthquake breaks out, the minimum intensity is conservatively estimated to be above nine on the Richter scale, and it is entirely possible to be even higher!"

The words of this doctor of geology made Mike Binns and others look serious and ugly.

Just an earthquake measuring seven on the Richter scale is enough to make people worry and panic. Once what Alvarez said comes true, then I am afraid that the entire Midwest of North America will fall into a huge natural disaster and turn into a hell on earth.

, this is a result they don’t want to see at all.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room had become solemn and stiff, Mike Binns changed the subject and said:

"Dr. Alvarez, with the powerful technological power our federation has, we should be able to reduce the intensity of some such catastrophes in advance. What needs to be confirmed now is how to prove the possibility of disasters. Doctor, your magical senses

Can you tell us the specific situation?"

Ricardo Alvarez said confidently:

"Of course, but if you want to verify my mysterious induction, you need to go to Yellowstone Park so that you can see it with your own eyes!"

Mike Binns glanced at Anderson and replied immediately:

"No problem, we will arrange a car for Yellowstone Park..."

…

Just as some people were rushing towards Yellowstone Park, Xie Zihao and the seven-person group from Zhongtu had already entered a narrow underground cave. As for the tour guide, he was left behind at a place on the way here.

Manage the site so that you don’t have to worry about the other party when something happens.

Different from ordinary volcanoes, super volcanoes do not have the kind of volcanic cone that people think of when they think of volcanoes, that is, they do not have an obvious mountain with a deep pit on top, which is the crater, like ordinary volcanoes.

Such as the famous volcano Mount Fuji.

The super volcano as a whole is actually similar to a large plateau. Standing next to the super volcano, people can't see any raised peaks on the ground, only an endless flat land.

While walking, Gao Ke popularized science for everyone and said:

"The magma chamber of a super volcano is buried deep underground. The huge power prevents the super volcano from forming the volcanic cones and complete craters of common volcanoes, because they were all blown to pieces by the huge power during the initial volcanic eruption.

Therefore, the eruption of a super volcano can only leave crater-like depressions on the ground, which are called calderas, also called volcanic craters.”

"The current caldera of this super volcano group in Yellowstone Park is an oval with an area of ​​about 84 times 45 kilometers, which accounts for about one-third of the total area of ​​Yellowstone Park. The passage we entered,

It should be approximately ten kilometers inward from the periphery of the caldera. If the direction of the previous passage does not deviate too much, you should be able to touch the core area of ​​the Yellowstone Volcano if you go a few kilometers deeper."

Gao Ke's words made everyone present feel nervous and exciting, because no one had the experience of going so deep into the magma chamber of a volcano and a super volcano community.

Although it is very dangerous, speaking out is an experience worth showing off.

Most people would never expect that the underground part of Yellowstone Volcano, a super volcano, would have a community of underground caves spread out like a spider web beneath this natural park.

Not only are these caves distributed in a disorderly manner, but they are also completely different in size and width. Some small ones cannot be called caves and can only be said to be underground cracks, which can only accommodate some small mustelids. Some large ones can allow seven people to walk side by side.

There is still a lot of room for improvement.

If it weren't for Xie Zihao's super sensory ability, it would still be very difficult to find such a cave passage leading to the depths of the underground volcano.
Chapter completed!