Can I make a volcano?

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 115 points –

This part of Indiana I live in is pretty flat. Dull, right? So I figure, why not have a volcano? Now... I get my magic drill machine that can drill as deep as I want it to drill.

If I drill a deep enough hole, say through the crust of the Earth, will it turn into a volcano?

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Instead of drilling a hole, another way to do it is to slam an asteroid on the other side of the planet.

https://earthsky.org/earth/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-caused-indias-deccan-traps/

Wow!

This region is thought to have been the site of extremely powerful volcanic activity in the past, so powerful that it caused mile-deep lava over an area as large as the state of California.

By Richards’ estimate, the asteroid impact must have generated the equivalent of a magnitude 9 or larger earthquake everywhere on Earth

Mind-blowing stuff! Thanks for sharing!