Question: could a volcano form near the uk

Daniel Smith answered on 23 Jun 2017:

We actually do have 9 volcanoes in the UK, but they have been “extinct” for millions of years, in the sense that they will never erupt.

http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/planatrip/inspire-me/lists/9-volcanoes-to-see-in-the-uk?page=all

The closest active volcano to us is likely Iceland, which is why when it erupts sometimes we have ash clouds in our air space which stops our air travel for a little while.

The reason we don’t have active volcanoes anymore is due to the UK moving away over millions of years from the barrier of two things called tectonic plates. The Earth is basically a big puzzle put together by blocks of rock called tectonic plates, and it is when two of these come together at the barrier that volcanoes are formed. If they move apart then magma from the core comes up into the gap to replace it, and over millions of years this forms a volcano. If they push together then it can cause one plate to go on top of the other forming mountains, these can then also be active volcanoes if magma (lava) is able to move through its center.

Its actually the movement of these plates as they rub together that causes an Earthquake 🙂