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  2. Supervolcano - Wikipedia

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    A supervolcano is a volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, [1] the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for such an eruption is greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles).

  3. List of largest volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    One of the largest Yellowstone eruptions on record [27] [9] Nohi Rhyolite—Gero Ash-Flow Sheet 70 Honshū, Japan 2,200: Nohi Rhyolite total volume over 7,000 km 3 in 70 to 72 Ma, Gero Ash-Flow Sheet being the largest [28] Whakamaru: 0.254: Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand 2,000 Largest in the Southern Hemisphere in the Late Quaternary [29]

  4. List of large volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    10 80 Hakone-Obaradai Pumice 7? Mount Pinatubo Luzon Volcanic Arc 25 81 Inararo Tuff 6 Etna: Campanian volcanic arc: 10 82.8 X4; I-7 7 Lago de Atitlán Central America Volcanic Arc, Guatemala 300 84 Los Chocoyos eruption 6 Kuttara Hokkaidō: 16.8 DRE 84 Kt-6 6 Kussharo Hokkaidō: 25 85 Kp-2/3 6 Kuttara Hokkaidō: 10.8 DRE 84 - 87

  5. Biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 years as Iceland ...

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    2020: Taal Volcano. The Taal volcano in the Philippines slept for 43 years before it rumbled into a violent awakening on 12 January 2020. Tens of thousands were sent into shelter and a total of 39 ...

  6. 'High threat' supervolcano could bring about an ice age when ...

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    Super volcano is the term used to describe volcanoes that have gradually over time built up immense amounts of magma and could wreak havoc if ejected onto the planet's surface. And in the heart of ...

  7. Category:Supervolcanoes - Wikipedia

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    This category collects volcanoes popularly known as supervolcanoes. Supervolcanoes are large volcanoes that have had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for that eruption is greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles).

  8. The Biggest Volcanic Eruptions in Human History

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    A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...

  9. Category:VEI-8 volcanoes - Wikipedia

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    Volcanoes that have produced explosive VEI-8 eruptions, often called supervolcanoes in the media. Such eruptions release a tephra volume of at least 1,000 km 3 (240 cu mi) with annihilating long-term effects on the surrounding area and devastating short-term effects on global climate, leaving profound effects on the climate for years to come.