I live in a city built on a field of 53 volcanos, ranging from about 190 000 to 550 years old.
I could see five cones from the window behind me if I looked outside (and it wasn't dark right now.)
We get a new one every few thousand years. But the next one could be next week, or another 25 000 years in the future.
Our ones erupt just once in each location for a few days up to a few months, then stop until another one pops up somewhere else.
Seven volcanos, including the biggest and newest one, Rangitoto, are within 5000m of my house.
