ALERT FOR SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE VOLCANO FEARED NORTH KOREA PAEKTU * Red Alert . A volcano in North Korea , responsible for one of the largest eruptions in history, has made scientists hermetic regime , the United States and the United Kingdom were together to monitor their activity. The volcano is located on the border between North Korea and China, and has been idle most of the time since its eruption a little over a thousand years ago. Despite being at the top of the list of large eruptions , Mount Paektu remains obscure and enigmatic. The details of this international cooperative effort were described in the journal Science . An international group of geologists began working on the volcano after a wave of recent seismic activity may indicate its wake. " The eruption of the millennium" Surprisingly , the volcano is relatively unknown in the West , and does not help the fact that it denominated in different ways. In China it is known as Changbaishan Tianchi or his Korean name is Baegdu -san or Mount Paektu , while the Japanese call Hakuto -san. Around two thirds of the volcano are in North Korea and the rest are in Chinese territory , and an estimated 30,000 tourists visit the Chinese every day, twice the number of tourists coming to Mount Fuji in Japan . The volcano exploded in a major eruption in 940 BC , known as the " eruption of the millennium " , which threw ash vast distances . Measurements of ash deposits that were made in Japan indicated that it was one of the two largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth since that time, rivaled only by the eruption of Tambora in Indonesia, in 1815 BC . Dr. James Hammond , of Imperial College London , and Professor Clive Oppenheimer , University of Cambridge , have initiated a collaborative study with North Korean scientists in order to understand the structure of underground magma chamber beneath volcanic mountain . In explaining the origins of the project, Hammond said : " The whole region is quite concerned about the volcano has shown signs of activity. The crew deployed a number of seismometers that can record earthquakes associated with magma movement under the volcano . The study will help scientists understand why the volcano is there, which is something of a geological mystery , and why the rock melts your heart , possibly fueling a future threat . This is not the only volcano with which Oppenheimer and Hammond have investigated in difficult circumstances. They have studied volcanoes that straddle the border of Eritrea and Ethiopia. ALERT FOR SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE VOLCANO FEARED NORTH KOREA PAEKTU 12-09 - 2013 / @ [ 100000115070316:2048 : Red Alert ] A volcano in North Korea , responsible for one of the largest eruptions in history, has made scientists hermetic regime , the United States and the United Kingdom were together to monitor their activity. The volcano is located on the border between North Korea and China, and has been idle most of the time since its eruption a little over a thousand years ago. Despite being at the top of the list of large eruptions , Mount Paektu remains obscure and enigmatic. The details of this international cooperative effort were described in the journal Science . An international group of geologists began working on the volcano after a wave of recent seismic activity may indicate its wake. " The eruption of the millennium" Surprisingly , the volcano is relatively unknown in the West , and does not help the fact that it denominated in different ways. In China it is known as Changbaishan Tianchi or his Korean name is Baegdu -san or Mount Paektu , while the Japanese call Hakuto -san. Around two thirds of the volcano are in North Korea and the rest are in Chinese territory , and an estimated 30,000 tourists visit the Chinese every day, twice the number of tourists coming to Mount Fuji in Japan . The volcano exploded in a major eruption in 940 BC , known as the " eruption of the millennium " , which threw ash vast distances . Measurements of ash deposits that were made in Japan indicated that it was one of the two largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth since that time, rivaled only by the eruption of Tambora in Indonesia, in 1815 BC . Dr. James Hammond , of Imperial College London , and Professor Clive Oppenheimer , University of Cambridge , have initiated a collaborative study with North Korean scientists in order to understand the structure of underground magma chamber beneath volcanic mountain . In explaining the origins of the project, Hammond said : " The whole region is quite concerned about the volcano has shown signs of activity. The crew deployed a number of seismometers that can record earthquakes associated with magma movement under the volcano . The study will help scientists understand why the volcano is there, which is something of a geological mystery , and why the rock melts your heart , possibly fueling a future threat . This is not the only volcano with which Oppenheimer and Hammond have investigated in difficult circumstances. They have studied volcanoes that straddle the border of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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