What happens to the sea animals that live in areas around the volcanoes when they erupt?
I have not studied underwater volcanoes extensively, so I could not tell you exactly what happens to the sea animals during an eruption. I have heard that oceanic volcanoes can release strong acid water, which is harmful to sea life. This is happening at Fernandina, a volcano in the Galpagos. However, I think that most animals in the sea would be able to move away from the eruption fast enough so that they are not seriously injured. What was the largest volcanic eruption? Approximately 75,000 years ago the volcano Toba, in Indonesia, had the largest volcanic eruption ever known. What was the worst explosion in modern times? The worst eruption was that of Tambora, in Indonesia. In 1815, this eruption killed about 90,000 people. Where and when did the first volcano erupt? The first volcanic eruption happened before the first human existed. The earth has had erupting volcanoes since just about the first years that it existed about four and a half billion years ago. In fact, some of the be
