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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malanath" data-source="post: 2341814" data-attributes="member: 25538">Some other things:If such a volcano would explode with such force would it be unreasonable to believe that there would be a chain-reaction around the entire planet?  Meaning, that it would most likely cause worldwide earthquakes, floods, and even other active volcanoes to erupt?  Any underground races would be in serious danger both from the earthquakes and possible magma bubbling up from the planets core.  Races living above ground would face other threats which would be just as deadly.  For one those that didn't die in the initial explosion would die in the aftermath.  They would inhale the tons of ash and small bits of debris falling from the sky.  There would be so much ash and debris falling (and it being FAR worse if the other Volcano’s on the planet went off in a chain reaction effect) that the entire planet's surface would be blanketed in ash.  Inhaling ash is deadly and is what kills most people in Volcanic Eruptions.  I think the magma would be a more serious threat to those living underground than those living on the surface.  There would also be acidic rain... I've read that sometimes when Volcanoes explode that it causes it to rain.  The rain would be poisonous and acidic... I have no idea what would happen to tectonic plates...  they would most likely shift I would think.  It might even rip entire continents apart...</blockquote>