A thousand-degree 'heat bomb' is about to explode in Asia: To neutralize, a crazy idea appears

Like rivers and oceans, volcanoes are essentially a common natural landform, they are divided into active volcanoes, extinct volcanoes and dormant volcanoes. Inside they contain hot magma of thousands of degrees Celsius and other substances, if they erupt, it will seriously affect the surrounding area.

As we all know, on January 15, 2022, the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean was crippled by a terrible eruption of an underwater volcano, and national communications were disrupted on a large scale.

Image of Mount Fuji sunbathing for the first time of the year in the early morning of January 1, 2019. (Photo: Shunsuke Sakamaki / Japan-forward)

Coincidentally, Japanese media reported that Mount Fuji in Japan is also growing at a fast rate, currently, the internal pressure of Mount Fuji has reached 1.6 MPa, like a bomb. timer. Likely to explode at any moment.

Not to mention, since the beginning of 2022, the number of earthquakes has been increasing in the vicinity of Fuji. For example, on January 3, 2022, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the Ogasawara Islands, a remote island chain off the coast of Tokyo.

Some experts believe it could be the harbinger of a massive earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan along the Nankai Trough.

Experts have warned that "Mt Fuji has entered the period of waiting for its first eruption in 300 years".

The last eruption of Mount Fuji was in the Hoei era in 1707. In fact, 49 days before that event, there was an 8.6 magnitude earthquake along the Nankai Trough. Many experts believe that the "Hoei earthquake" and the "Hoei eruption" are related.

There is a 70-80% probability of a major earthquake in Nankai Trough within the next 30 years. If it coincided with the eruption of Mount Fuji, it would be the biggest natural disaster since the country was founded.

It's not hard to imagine what would happen if volcanic ash from Mount Fuji crossed Tokyo and landed on the Boso peninsula on Tokyo Bay in Chiba Prefecture. The weight of volcanic ash falling on the roofs will shatter the houses. The air filters of thermal power plants will clog and stop working. Communication networks such as the Internet will also be damaged. Massive power outages will be inevitable.

Within 2 hours of eruption, a thermoplastic outflow of hot lava and other fast-moving volcanic material will pour into several residential areas at the foot of Mount Fuji. If the lava reaches the Pacific Ocean, the Shinkansen train system and the national highway will be disrupted. Compromised infrastructure will cause a crisis in the food supply chain.

Crazy idea: Suck magma out

Mount Fuji is 3,775 meters above sea level and covers an area of ​​1,200 square kilometers, making it the largest active terrestrial volcano in Asia. The accumulated energy of Mount Fuji is huge, and it is ready to erupt, experts say.

Once Mount Fuji erupts, it will have a major impact on Asia and even the whole world.

The destructive power of a volcanic eruption is great, so some people ask: Today, with such advanced technology, can magma be sucked out? If it can be achieved, then disaster can be avoided.

Before answering this question, we must find out how magma is formed?

Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.

As we all know, from the outside to the inside, the Earth is divided into crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.

A vertical distance of 100-150km from the surface is an "extremely hot liquid region", these molten liquids called magma, which can be as hot as 700-6,600 degrees Celsius. Magma is also constantly flowing. , which causes the motion of the Earth's crust.

The crust exists in the form of solid rock layers, when active, the crust will be affected by force, when the crust cannot withstand the force, it will cause the rock layer to break, and the magma at high temperature inside will erupt. under extreme pressure. Scientists call it a volcanic eruption.

From a distance, Mount Fuji looks like a giant cone with a diameter of about 40 - 50 km at the bottom, its mouth is like a basin above, a trench left after an eruption, with a diameter of 488 meters and about 250 meters deep.

In 1707, Mount Fuji in Japan erupted, and it was the most powerful ever recorded.

According to statistics, there were 600 million cubic meters of volcanic material released from the 1707 eruption. With such a large amount of magma, how to extract / suck it up?

 To get to the magma's location, it is expected to drill about 30,000 meters.

First of all, we need a very large rig, also made of high temperature resistant material, and use the rig to drill holes in the volcano and hit the magma site. To get to the magma's location, it is expected to drill about 30,000 meters.

255 non-stop magma pumps per day will then be installed, with a pumping capacity of more than 10,000 cubic meters per hour. Pumping continuously for 10 days, 600 million cubic meters of volcanic material can be sucked away a lot.

Let's say a human can dig up a location containing magma. And let's say we put hundreds of those magma pumps into Mount Fuji. But in the end, there is still a huge obstacle.

That is, the magma must be in a pure liquid state and cannot be cooled. Once it cools, it is estimated that the machinery stops working because the magma cools to become as hard as rock.

Although this idea may be considered crazy and paranoid at the moment, if we can overcome this obstacle, it is possible that in the future, we can "neutralize" volcanic eruptions!