Scientists told how the volcano of Department of Masaya to Nicaragua] blew u

The thyroid volcano of Department of Masaya, located in Nicaragua, is allocated among other very extensive, as for basalt volcanoes, a caldera. Scientists reconstructed eruption which happened here six thousand years ago, and found out why at a volcano such big caldera — writes the Popular Mechanics edition. The area of a caldera of a volcano of Department of Masaya makes more than eight square kilometers. It is impossible to tell that it is a record indicator, but for basalt volcanoes to which Department of Masaya belong, calderas of the smaller sizes are characteristic. Eruptions of such volcanoes usually happen at the edges...