Taal is a Volcanic Monster; Recent Eruption Nearly Reached Manila
Taal's largest known explosive eruption which occurred only 6,000 years ago devastated an area of 5,000 square kilometers. That marks the scope of the area incinerated by pyroclastic flows, which traveled as 67 kilometers from its source and nearly reached the land which southern Manila is built upon. This eruption, as detailed in a recently published scientific paper which this video will be analyzing also noted that 3 other large caldera forming eruptions occurred in the last 6,000 years. With 4 known VEI 6 or larger eruptions during that timeframe, the Taal volcano is truly a volcanic monster.
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[3] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
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0:00 4000 BCE Eruption
0:39 A New Size Estimate
1:18 Taal's Caldera
2:19 Major Eruption Timeline
3:32 Patterns of Activity
What's so concerning about this is that Taal is often taught in Philippine schools as the world's smallest volcano, with one of the satellite cinder cones often used as an accompanying image.
Yeah; it is complete non-sense the truth is Taal is among the largest volcanos in the World. It's a tourist gimmick and perhaps a scapegoat to keep the peoples fear down.
You only need to look from Tagaytay and know that it’s one huge volcano and you’re standing on its calderas rim…
@@00Pottus00 FYI Taal is by no means among the largest volcanoes in the world. The peak has an altitude of 311 m or 1005 ft. By comparison there are hundreds of volcanoes around the world over 3050 m or 10,000 ft. Some are over 5000 m or 16, 500 ft such as Popacatépetyl at 5393 m or 17,694 ft.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Height is not everything. Yellowstone isn't even a mountain.
@@arkandrada3305 Bruh, Taal caldera complex with its proximity to Metro Manila Area should be a main concern for you.
Taal is a volcano that doesn't follow rules. She does whatever she wants, whenever she wants. She is an ungodly combination of explosive, unpredictable, and unconventional. God forbid she chooses to dump her entire magma chamber in one go, that would be quite disastrous indeed. Quite fascinating that there is a paper that details one particular volcanic deposit in northern Manila that was chemically linked to Taal.
The local people should know about the potential menace of Taal. You’ve done a service to alert us all. Best wishes.
Very, very true.
The local people are aware of the potential menace of Taal. PHIVOLCS is an exemplary agency of geologists and volcanologists.
@@SaoGage That's very good.
Taal and Pinatubo are Luzon's ticking time bombs.
Laguna caldera is also potentially active, so if it suddenly erupted, we're doomed. Or at least the people near by.
I'd say Pinatubo makes a bigger show whenever she wakes up every so hundred years, but Taal makes more shows of force.
@@KillberZomL4D42494 To me Laguna Caldera looks like a dinosaur footprint, like a gigantic dinosaur stepped on Luzon.
@@pyrovania It is hahaha
and the big one
Really appreciate the clear and easy to understand graphics you add to your videos! Thank you
I've followed the signs of the most recent large event from Taal's crater rim all the way back to Manila. It's very easily seen in the numerous road cuts and very near the surface of the ground which indicates to me youth. And it's a bit terrifying when you think of it when you're standing half way between the crater and Manila and you're staring at a several meters thick ash flow tuff that's partially welded, indicating that it flowed in a very fluid manner and was very hot. Nothing survived that flow. It's similar to Pompeii, but on a mega scale. If you find yourself in Manila and interested, it isn't a very far foray out to the outskirts to see the remains of the flow, just look for roadway cuts and you'll see it. I told my filipino wife and her family that it represented something very dangerous - haha, they just blew me off. They live in Silang, just a short drive from the caldera rim. I agree with you - Taal is a very dangerous and very capable volcano.
I think that most of the large caldera-forming eruptions older than thousand of years were much larger than previously thought. Erosion has erased products of ancient eruptions.
Calderas should be fairly simple to measure accurately, even going over a million years old. When you get to 100s of millions of years the deformation from plate tectonics probably starts to complicate things. The erosion from weather might change things on the surface, but the subsurface structures are probably intact and can me measured with seismic equipment.
@@billcarruth8122 as far as i know even in the case of caldera-forming eruptions, volume is estimated from eruption products.
Very true, especially with how Toba's and many other volcanic eruptions in the past have had their volumes raised due to accounting for possible erosion.
Aloha Professor Tim, I hope you and Tony is doing well. I’ve been all over the Philippines many times while in the Marines and I never once thought about earthquakes and volcanos each time I was there. I just remember how hot and beautiful it was there, even drove up into the mountains of Baguio, it reminded me of Pleiku, Vietnam, all the rice patties stacked up. Of course, this was before that big earthquake, a typhoon and volcano, but it was beautiful in the early 1980’s when I was there. After looking a map just now, I remember driving by Taal but no one mentioned that it was a volcano at that time. I think it was before it became active again in the last 5-6 years or so. I remember about 6-7 years ago, there was a couple on YT that swam inside the small lake inside the Taal volcano because a lot of locals did also because the water was warm like a hot tub, like 105F and today, I’ve been trying to find those videos but no luck. I’ll see if I can find those videos again.😊 Update: I found the video of a couple swimming inside the crater lake inside of Taal and I realize that nothing in this video exists anymore. I hope you like this video, it was the primary reason I bought my two drones for filming. kzhead.info/sun/iJx6ps-hgYOBa30/bejne.htmlsi=3b0BldQdu3CZ75tT 😊
Escaping Taal's caldera rim when it does it's usual VEI 1-4 eruption is already a challenge considering how tough the landscape is... what more if it does a sudden VEI 6-7? With the current massive traffic in Metro Manila happening on a daily basis, such eruption is gonna be extremely catastrophic.
I truly appreciate your research! Thank you for your alerts!
An interesting perception on new findings. Looking forward to more updates and information. Greg. 😊
I think more monitoring equipment and funding for research is needed on Taal, considering how powerful its pass eruption is and its pyroclastic flow being able to reach the southern parts of Metro Manila.
Thanks. Excellent production and and information!
Hi Timothy, hope you are well? I was wondering if you have any thoughts on the Campi philegri volcanic complex with regards to being super dangerous . I live in Europe so it is of great interest to me. I can't thank you enough for producing these video's. You've really stirred my interest in geology in a way I haven't felt since my teens, at school. Thank you so much.
Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields
check his channel he does make updates on this volcano :) just search in his videos :)
Boom! Should be mad when it eventually blows....
Thanks for all of your hard work man!
I almost forgot that aside from getting smashed by typhoons every year, the Philippines also gets tons of volcanic/seismic activity.
Thank you for your updates. I love your channel!
Appreciate you, once again, GH
pinatubo was pretty scary, i was under that as a kid. taal tho is an absolute monster!
Thanks as always. As a Filipino, this is fascinating, but also extremely terrifying, given the revised erution sizes implications. For me at least, all past eruptions may need to be rechecked for volume, as erosion might have washed or scraped away some deposits. Pinatubo's early eruptions, the Youngest Toba Tuff supereruption, the disputed supereruptions in the Parana and Etendaka traps, some of the Yellowstone hotspot's older eruptions, Taupo's past supereruptions, etc. and many, *many*, more are examples.
That’s me when in pasay and looking out window towards cavite😂from moment I met my wife there, taal, Bohol and Baguio fascinated me in there history
Damn, that's up around Mazama scale on that last VEI-7. And that's crazy and rather disturbing VEI-6 frequency, if correct.
Wow! That is startling. Thanks.
this dynamic earth....without it we never would have evolved, however
Thank you.
That's good. Thanks.
Never knew how much volcanic activity is ongoing on Earth.
I agree. I used to live in one of the upland town 15km from ridge. I noticed the super massive volcanic materials that covered the entire province of Cavite. If that eruption will repeat, majority of people in the Province of Batangas, Laguna, Cavite and southern Part of Metro Manila will be directly affected.
Much like the Western United States, Manila is waiting for "the big one" from the Marikina West Valley fault line. I wonder if a major earthquake from that fault line could cause a big eruption from Taal (and/or Laguna Caldera which is right beside the fault). I remember there was speculation the 1990 Luzon earthquake could have played a small role in reawakening Mt. Pinatubo in 1991.
If a 4.5 richter earthquake near mount Awu in North Sulawesi can reawaken its nearby neighbour mount Ruang from its very deep slumber within a week, you can expect the same thing happened to Taal.
Yes. Also, the Marikina fault lune extends to underneath Taal if I remember correctly
I think the scariest part about Taal is reading from the same study it's magma composition is mostly low silica Basaltic-Andesite. Which may be the cause of the frequency of VEI 6 to 7 eruptions it did have.
ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
When ever I see those pyroclastic flows, hurtling down the side of volcano, I'm always reminded of those poor National Geographic scientists who lost their lives in one of those. I've only seen the footage of that once. Nice work on this monster, I hope these people get a fair warning, should things get ugly. I'm still watching Campi Flegrei & Fuego as well... tic-toc
Late to the party... But if you take a look at PHIVOLCS logs they paint a very troubling image... Pinatubo gave everyone a week or two before losing her mind in 1991. Mayon was already showing signs she was going to erupt as far back as January 2023. Bulusan and Kanlaon are restless and have been so for a month now. Taal is a volcano that will give you hours at most and turn you into a statistic at worst.... In seconds. PHIVOLCS does it's best but when Taal wants to go she will go...
1911 proved that but tbh it was 1911 not 2024.
Thank you for all your info! I have a dear friend, who normally lives in Singapore but moved to Manila to help out a friend of his who owns a few resorts..well, 4, including one, where he is now, an “eco-resort” with hot springs feeding several dozen “pools”-where he is now. 😖. We had a slight tiff a few hours ago..he said the pools are “temporarily closed” because of “excess sulfur in the air and water”. I told him he’s losing his old MIND! 😖😂. They went island-hopping yesterday to check on another resort, shut down “temporarily” because of Ruang. Look, I’m fascinated by these extremely powerful, deadly forces of Mother Nature..always have been. Maybe it’s my age..I’m far from being an invincible 20yr old (by over 40yrs 😂). My friend is just a few years older…but some days I think he’s regressed in his critical thinking skills! Am I too paranoid like he says?!? 🤷🏼♀️
During the last Excursion.. so cool.
Wow given the close spatial timescale could the sequence of VEI 7 + 3 closely spaced VEI 6 eruptions possibly be linked causally as a prolonged multiphase eruption?
You should do a segment on Bear Mountain they have a good geology Center and they talk about the volcanic history of the past I would like to see some videos on Bear Mountain and the two Hill forces that protected the area and how odd the mountains look and the rock formations as well as the if there are any ancient volcanoes in that region
Are you talking about Bear mountain in NY?
Wow
I agree to update the danger zone, as already living inside 17km danger zone.
I've always been intrigued with Mt Arayat as it is apart from the usual chain of volcanoes on Luzon, standing tall alone on the Central Luzon plain. I hope GeologyHub can cover it one day.
I think the problem with Arayat is it doesn't have a modern history nor was it's eruptions noted.
As a Greek, seeing Santorini in that Hall of Fame of most humongus volcano explosions of human history, fills me with joy and pride!
I think Rinjani/Samalas 1257 AD belongs to that top 10 list. If memory serves it was kind of similar in size as Tambora.
I think you must be the oldest living person on the planet to remember something back in 1257 AD. rofl
@@IbnBahtuta It is obviously what I meant! I also remember Heaven Lake being huge too. 👴
@@simonlemerveilleuxdelisle3779 You don't think the rofl was a clue? I'll remember that. rofl
@@IbnBahtuta ROTFLMFAO etc etc. Is that a good clue too?
@@simonlemerveilleuxdelisle3779 Wow, it is you, simple simon and I claim the £5. roflmhao@u. Lighten up, your acting like the goyim.
GeologyHub, can you do a video where you explain of a few super volcanoes/volcanic sites that have the potential to erupt within our lifetimes (100 years or less)?
If a super volcano is not on the list of most dangerous volcanoes at 1:45 then it is probably unlikely to erupt in the next 100 years.
He did one on the volcanoes most likely to produce a vei 7 eruption. The answer is Iwo Jima
Yeah unfortunately as the human population grows we will move closer and closer to these volcanos. At some point, significant loss of life is inevitable. Can’t blame the volcano that’s been there forever, can only blame ourselves for not respecting the danger. We humans have a bad habit of thinking everything is peachy until it isn’t. If you choose to live in the middle of a super volcano’s caldera then you have to be ok with all the risk that come with it. Can’t be mad when the volcano erupts, you chose to live there.
By the same token millions choose to live on coastal areas frequented by hurricanes or in areas in the eastern half of the US frequented by tornadoes. These last two natural disasters cause far worse casualties and property damage than do volcanic eruptions.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 totally agree and if rating them all, I’d say tornados are more frequent and in the same sense, hitting more and more heavily populated areas. Guess we are all going to have to cram into areas where natural disasters are less frequent. Canada it is then.
@@lukedawg2787 Many people are more than willing to stay where they are despite the risks. And many millions couldn't move if they wanted to as so many people living along the coast or in other areas vulnerable to natural hazards around the world are extremely poor. They are in survival mode most of the time and moving is not a realistic possibility. Lastly, how people perceive what is acceptable risk is relative. Obviously, all 800 left Ruang early in the eruption because the risk was too great. If their town was spared by the eruption they will stay there if not that would be an incentive to relocate permanently although most would just move to the next island which may have an active volcano as well.
Don't worry, the Philippines is now below replacement rate so it's population will shrink in a few years
I am surprised you have rated Mount Etna so highly in the list of potential very dangerous volcanos on the planet. I have always likened (perhaps incorrectly) to a huge bowl of boiling soup on the stove, occasionally bubbling or boiling over, but because it is usually in a state of at least minor eruption or blowing off steam, the pressure never really gets a chance to build up. Also its crater area is remote and well away from civilization, not to mention well monitored.
Etna is remote if you do not consider Catania to be civilization. That is a nearby city that was hit with lava flows in the 1600s.
@@pyrovania I've been there. Yeah I know that Catania has been damaged before both by earthquakes and also by lava flows. However it is some distance from the volcano so there would always be plenty of time to evacuate the town and possessions if lava flows were threatening it. Although I guess you can't really predict earthquakes.
Spent my honeymoon there , villa marinella in tagaytay, most of the locals will boat you to island still, was a cloud or two a day burped out. The caldera is huge, all day drive around it, every time I see it from tagaytay or flying over it to Bohol- I always see that massive crater, I often thought a 8 would do that kinda hole in the ground
With violent history of taal do you think is it possible that taal capable of mid to high end VEI-7 in the future (like 1000 year from now on)? And can it become extremely violent VEI-8 like the Taupō Volcano in the far far future?
Taal is one of the most dangerous volcanos in the world. it is closely monitored, various metrics are recorded daily. One of the primary factors in determining a volcano's danger is the millions of people in close proximity. In the very long term is is unlikely that Taal is done creating calderas.
Wouldn’t then taal be classified as a super volcano?
@@jordanali4150consider it “Supervolcano-Adjacent”. Hasn’t produced a VEI-8 eruption, but does have a large enough magma chamber to produce one if all of its contents were to blow at once.
@@jordanali4150 'supervolcano' isn't a classification. A volcano can have a super-eruption, but it's still a volcano. Supervolcanoes get clicks on social media.
Is that the revised estimate for Santorini?
There was a video on that 2 weeks ago on this channel.
Let's Hope So🤞
Kinda figured it was bigger since the flow almost covered that section of land
The land of mine old granma grettings from Valladolid Spain
There is somewhat a large sulfur signal from an unknown eruption in 2910 BCE (said to be in tropics). Could it be Taal?
Taal caldera is slighlty larger than Long Valley. The latter is considered as a supervolcano by some. I know that the size of Taal caldera can be attributed to multiple large caldera eruptions extending the dimensions of the caldera but there is a good chance that Taal had at least one eruption almost as big as Long Valley's last major caldera eruption.
The famous island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in an ocean.
Which tall volcano?
can you do a video on mount Cameroon one day? O.o
He already has, just search it.
1:25 “I just knew…” Sound scientific reasoning! Either way, Taal is clearly a maajor haazard...
Thrilla in manila ...💪
Get too close, butterfly, You will cease to be!
Can a small volcanic eruption foretell a larger one in the near future?
Yes people see the small cone and call it a tiny volcano…. Um no!!!!
People are asking why there are no empires rising from the Philippines despite the fact that geopolitically, Philippines should be the perfect spot to be a Nusantara capital and should be able to sustain and even exert influence abroad, like how Spain and America did. And Taal might be the answer. Also note: if there are stories on how certain things happen, then most likely, people survived that event. But there is no myth about the formation of Taal. That should terrify you.
Interestingly there is a myth about the formation of Lake Toba. Some god married a fish demoness who got mad at him and turned him into a lake, from a mountain. Some indonesian person told this story in a comments blog like this one. I may have missed some details.
there are two. this is about an old man called Lakan Taal who presided over a village. one day he decides to fug off and tells the villagers not to go to the mountain/hill nearby. of course the villagers didn't heed his warning and when they got there they found incredible riches, but Lakan Taal was also there and incredibly disappointed. the mountain explodes and wipes out everything and everyone and in its place is now Lake Taal. the other one talks of a similar old man who lived in a volcano who allowed farmers to grow tobacco on the mountain. the farmers got greedy and started to encroach on the summit and the volcano and old man got fed up and exploded, taking all of the tobacco with them. it is said that Taal will stop erupting only after the old man finishes smoking all the tobacco. (source: i live in Manila and have done chatting with Batangas folk)
@@HONGKELDONGKEL1888 I love these stories. Thanks for sharing.
@@HONGKELDONGKEL1888 this is interesting. First and Second tale indicates that the Mountain that used to be Taal exploded to form a Caldera, which is consistent to the Volcano's history Second tale shows that the eruption can go continous for years on end... which is NOT observed today. This needs to be explored
@@skybattler2624 yes, it might indicate that prior to the first caldera-forming event there could have been a mountain or hill of some kind in its place - which is not surprising because Macolod itself is a hill overlooking the lake and several volcanic vents dot the area: Batulao, Talamitam, and an unnamed volcano where the People's Park in the Sky resides. but this is just speculation based on folk stories. Macolod, Batulao, Talamitam, however, are older volcanics - much of Taal's deposits overlie theirs.
It is ironic that the picturesque Taal Volcano and the lake that surrounds it were formed by violent geologic upheavals that, should it happen again in the near future, would also mean extensive destruction of surrounding areas and loss of lives (as much as the best evacuation precautions have been taken, due to overpopulation)
And that bantangas coffee would be gone😢
The 535 mystery eruption is very likely Lake Ilapango in Central America. Just looking at the size of that caldera lake .
Wrong timing. Ilopango did not erupt at that time
@@aron1332 I just saw that . they recently re dated Ilapango back 100 yrs still not sure of what event caused the 535 climate events possible Krakatoa but not sure (never thought that Caldera could yield a blast of that scale )could have been multiple major eruptions in close sequence
@@jakedrago7805 krakatau 540
People don’t understand just how dangerous an nasty Taal an other Philippine volcs are!!! 😢😢😢🌋🌋🌋🌋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Mt. Tambora was a VEI 7
A big, very big hole in the ground, shows up space like no other
There's also another similarly massive caldera called the Laguna Caldera to the north-northeast and even closer to Manila (kzhead.info/sun/nKmgYNl7omWAeY0/bejne.html). There were at least 2 major explosive eruptions 1 million years ago and 27,000-29,000 years ago. Manila has lots of volcanoes in its vicinity! (Taal, Laguna, Mariveles, Natib, Corregidor, etc.)
She's too unpredictable to the point that if time travellers travelled to the future to predict eruptions.. she wouldn't blow
Easily most dangerous volcano. Camping Flagri is a close second I think.
At 1st glance , it looks like a beautiful island of paradise of it own independent land on it's own But if you study carefully , it was not that innocent
i think its also 'realizing the bigger picture'? The Taal itself is already a very intoxicating, and therefor, very dángerous Volcano? Knowing that the Taal is also capable of exceeding the VEI-7 threshold, on itself, and has produced a number of VEI-6 eruptions in its history, and counting along that its part of a very LARGE magmatic sub-system that would include other 'giants' like the Pinatubo, which caused a VEI-6 in 1991. Its not that odd to consider that the Taal, as the Main Vent, with a Pinatubo as a Sidecrater of this Subsystem, is a potential Supervolcano in the making? Such a Volcano, developing would cover a timespa of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousand of years, yet this Magmatic 'Plumbing System' certainly seems to check enough boxes to be considered as such? If at a point, the Taal, and Pinatubo, were to build up to a VEI-6 or 7 class Eruption, the entire area could destabilize to the point, multiple eruptions would occur, amassing the total to the VEI-8 scale even?? ofc not now, or in the near future, but this entire area is a volcanically volatile area, which imho is certainly capable of developing in this direction? Tbf, is been going in this exact direction already? Supervolcano's dont just 'erect' overnight... this takes thousands and thousand of years of activity, and séveral bíg craters that add up to this... Which is exactly what is slowly forming on the Philipines? Similar examples are Iceland, or Hawaii perhaps.. but this seems to be the most obvious one?
For Taal and Pinatubo to be related the tephra should be similar in chemical composition i.e. came from magma of the same or chemical composition. AFAIK they are not.
@@pyrovania Doesnt have to be? Recall the Kilauea eruption from 2018? That started with a different magma in the beginning, but later on, more luquid and viscous magma, rose to the surface. Composites in the deeper ground that mix with liquid magma, are also a factor. Pinatubo is a Stratovolcano, where the Taal's crater(s) are in a lake. This is a big enough difference to result in different types of Magma?
Lol 40 million people live in that area
144km3? Gross.
I would think a world most deadliest volcano would be Mt Rainier In Washington state.
With those findings, does that make Taal a supervolcano? Are there supervolcanoes in the Philippines?
Bulusan: yes.
@@HAIYANEX9910 Bulusan is considered a supervolcano?
@@iselfidentifyah64eapache irusin caldera 350km'3 largest Explosive Eruption ever recorded.
3x larger than pinatubo, then 2x larger than taal and Laguna Cald.
Due to how massive caldera lake is on taal. VEI6 isn't accurate, the extension of the lake is the green the one who traced by geology hub, this can't do with philvocs because of limited instrument or tools they have.
Wouldn’t then taal be classified as a super volcano?
No supervolcanoed nowadays get their rating from having High end VEI 7's (800> km of bulk tephra)
Philippines NAMBAWAN!!!
📍pin faulty given more cross finger .... 🤞 😅
Taal,vesuvius, campi flegrei & mount aso .Ticking bombs & santorini.
I hope to see a VEI 7 in my lifetime
Taal is a super volcano
Mount Teide is also a ticking time bomb
May you still be in God's protection
Bzbx
..and The Mountains could not be found, such as Volcanoes and volcanoes are actually mountains....thay will disappear or flattened because they will ERUPT simultaneously..South China Sea is filled with volcanoes called by the Indonesians as Ganung ganung Api( The Mountains of Fire).., 100 plus active volcanoes ,
With all the major events and our understanding??? How can we not revisit the enigma of Atlantis? The island area's are where they're supposed to be and with the surface adjustment after the last glaciation we know of major loading in the spreading center's which are thin and pliable. There's flat top! Old island with major landslide and sunken reefs within the timescale. I'm really thinking that there's more and we shouldn't off hand discredit. 12000 years ago the north and Central Atlantic we're tame compared with now. The mass of the last 400 feet rise is a huge difference in quantity and terribleness... It's a nice story but there's literally nothing to disprove but many ocean observations that can't rule it out by evidence and that should give everyone pause! We look and can't discount??? Well???? Open minded and it would be cool to remember were living on a fickle female and she'll have it the way she'll have it Be.
The legend of Atlantis has been investigated repeatedly without any firm conclusions as to its location. It could be that it was former site of the Minoan culture destroyed by the Santorini eruption or some other place?! No one can say for sure. But it costs $$ to do research especially when the actual location is uncertain.
"the enigma of Atlantis" - the only enigma is why some people continue to fall for nonsense over Atlantis. Atlantis was a teaching device of Plato, a morality lesson. Then many centuries later JRR Tolkien recast that story and called it "Numenor", to teach the same basic morality lessons.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 correct and it's amazing to me to discount stories from our past. We've found many site's that we're lost and only stories about them are still present. The problem I have with this one is there's a peice of continental crust setting on a triple plate boundary with islands. Those islands are completely rearranged and likely just the tips of original terrain and it's almost insurmountable to clearly understand the topography of 11,600 ago. Isostacy says it's thousands feet deeper than even water rise. To wipe history with a brush when we're still understanding is like saying Troy never was. Until you find it! Bathometric studies from the last century show many anomalous beaches and major landslides which occur during sea level change... I'm not a proponent just a observer and it in fact isn't excluded by actual evidence..mostly supported that the Atlantic is a angry child compared to the last glacial maximum point which makes sense.
The End of this planet wil begin is South China Sea :Revelation 16:18-21..18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. 19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,[a] fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible..be safe.