May not subterraneous fire be considered as the great plough (if I may be allowed the expression) which Nature makes use of to turn up the bowels of the earth?
Most major volcanic eruptions between 2000 and 2017 have been recorded in Indonesia (19), followed by the Philippines (11) and Ecuador (9). The only European countries being hit by a volcanic eruption in that period are Italy and Iceland.
Indonesia is also the country mourning the most deaths through volcanoes (367), followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (200) and Japan (63). More than 100 000 people got homeless in the DR Congo, while most of the financial damages were caused in Chile, more than 600 Million US$. This is more than the following Indonesia, Ecuador and Argentina put together.
