[GaltMeister]

"The volcano is far more powerful than any eruption recorded by scientists on Earth, with an estimated power output of about 78,000 gigawatts. By comparison, the power produced by the last significant eruption of Mount Etna in Italy in 1992 was just 12 gigawatts."

Wow ... we are talking some serious energy released on that little moon!

[1bigdictator]

Something of that magnitude on Earth would probably lead to total extinction of all life... or at least another long ice age.

[aruanan]

"The volcano is far more powerful than any eruption recorded by scientists on Earth, with an estimated power output of about 78,000 gigawatts. By comparison, the power produced by the last significant eruption of Mount Etna in Italy in 1992 was just 12 gigawatts."

How many gigawatts did it take for the flux capacitor to power the DeLorean back to the future? Was it 1.2 gigawatts?

[germanicus]

I don't know if IO has an atmosphere or not but this could cause some major global warming.