Yellowstone volcano: ERUPTION can trigger chain of aftershocks over ‘THOUSANDS of years’

Because of this, OSU researchers have investigated the suspected links between recent volcanic blasts and ancient eruptions.

The scientists have found a connection between the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia and an eruption of the Toba Caldera from 74,000 years ago.

Adonara Mucek, the study’s lead author at OSU, said: “The recovery from a supervolcanic eruption is a long process, as the volcano and the magmatic system try to re-establish equilibrium – like a body of water that has been disrupted by a rock being dropped into it.

“At Toba, it appears that the eruptions continued for at least 15,000 to 20,000 years after the super-eruption and the structural adjustment continued at least until a few centuries ago – and probably is continuing today.

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