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The Toba eruption (also called the Toba supereruption and the Youngest Toba eruption) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred about 74,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene, [2] at the site of present-day Lake Toba, in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Location of Lake Toba shown in red on map. The Toba eruption (the Toba event) occurred at what is now Lake Toba about 73,700±300 years ago. [15] It was the last in a series of at least four caldera-forming eruptions at this location, with the earlier known caldera having formed around 1.2 million years ago. [16]
An archaeological site in Ethiopia has revealed that a population of humans survived the eruption of Sumatra’s Mount Toba 74,000 years ago.
Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia: 840 ka ±30: Oldest Toba Tuff [65] Taupō Volcanic Zone, Mangakino Caldera, North Island, New Zealand: 0.97 Ma: more than 300 km 3 (72.0 cu mi) Rocky Hill Ignimbrite [1] Taupō Volcanic Zone, Mangakino Caldera, North Island, New Zealand: 1.01 Ma: more than 300 km 3 (72.0 cu mi) Unit E [1] Lake Toba, Sumatra ...
Sunda Caldera 7 Lake Tōya: Hokkaidō: 230 – 310 [2] 106 6 Santo Antão: Cape Verde: 10.33 106 Cão Grande I 6 Phlegraean Fields Campanian volcanic arc ≥ 10 106.2 X5 6 Phlegraean Fields Campanian volcanic arc ≥ 10 108.9 X6 7 Kussharo Hokkaidō: 175 117.5 Kp-4, Kutcharo Haboro Ash 7 Emmons Lake caldera SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 220 124 Old ...
Any supervolcano eruption has the potential for significant loss of life and environmental damage. ... like the Toba eruption 75,000 years that may have caused a decade-long volcanic winter — is ...
The Long Valley Caldera in California is about 10 miles wide. And one of the most famous calderas in the world, at Yellowstone National Park, measures 30 miles by 45 miles, according to the U.S ...
Part of at least 20 large caldera-forming eruptions in the San Juan volcanic field and surrounding area that formed around 26 to 35 Ma. [19] [20] Lund Tuff 29.2 Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex 4,400: Formed the White Rock Caldera, one of the largest eruptions of the Mid-Tertiary Ignimbrite flareup. [18] Jacui—Goboboseb II ~132