Disclaimer: if this post bothers you, please do spend some time coming up with potential countermeasures. The point is to encourage people to think about these types of risk in more detail, so we can implement solutions before the unthinkable happens.
1. Tehran, Iran
2. Washington DC
3. Destabilize an oceanic shield volcano next to a methane clathrate deposit.
4. NYC / Manhattan
5. Knock off a chunk of Cumbre Viejo at La Palma in the Canary Islands
6. Yellowstone caldera
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Geologists are queuing up to point out that planting a bomb on La Palma probably wouldn't work. See The Tsunami Risk
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