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La Garita Caldera erupts in the Wheeler Geologic Area, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado, USA, eruption several VEI 8 events (Possibly as high as a VEI 9), 5,000 cubic kilometers (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a single, major eruption about 27.8 million years ago.
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Map of notable volcanic eruptions: Image title: Map of notable volcanic eruptions by CMG Lee. The apparent volume of each bubbles is linearly proportional to the volume of tephra ejected (i.e. their radius is linearly proportional to the cube root of the volume of tephra ejected), colour-coded by time of eruption as in the legend.
Iceland is accustomed to volcanic eruption and is home to 33 active volcanoes, reported AFP. Reykjanes peninsula itself has seen three eruptions since 2021, one each year – in March 2021, August ...
Taupō Volcanic Zone, Maroa Caldera (size: 16 x 25 km), New Zealand: 230 ka: 140 km 3 (33.6 cu mi) of tephra. [1] Taupō Volcanic Zone, Reporoa Caldera (size: 10 x 15 km), New Zealand: 230 ka: 7: around 100 km 3 (24.0 cu mi) of tephra [2] Taupō Volcanic Zone, Whakamaru Caldera (size: 30 x 40 km), North Island, New Zealand: around 254 ka: 8
Second costliest volcanic eruption in United States history. Caused engine failure of all four engines on KLM Flight 867 after it flew through the ash cloud. 3 Nevado del Ruiz [124] Colombia 1985 23,000 Armero tragedy: 3 Mount Etna [103] Italy 1979 9 A sudden phreatic explosion killed 9 tourists [145] 2 Mount Marapi [146] Indonesia 1979 80
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Shaded-relief image showing the Duluth Complex arcing from Duluth to Pigeon Point, interrupting and splitting the Mesabi and Gunflint Ranges. The Duluth Complex, the related Beaver Bay Complex, [1] and the associated North Shore Volcanic Group are rock formations which comprise much of the basement bedrock of the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota in central North America.