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An eruption on 16 March injured 10 people, including a BBC News television crew, after magma exploded upon contact with snow. [97] [98] 3 Mount Ontake [99] Japan 2014 63 A phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow occurred without warning, killing 63 people. Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991. 2
The volcanic island of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia saw an eruption on 22 December 2018 which caused a deadly tsunami, with waves surging up to five meters in height. The tsunami killed at least 437 ...
Mascarene Islands were formed in a series of undersea volcanic eruptions 8–10 Ma, as the African plate drifted over the Réunion hotspot. Yellowstone hotspot, Twin Fall volcanic field, Idaho; 8.6 to 10 Ma. [65] Yellowstone hotspot, Grey's Landing Supereruption, Idaho; 8.72 Ma, 2,800 cubic kilometers (672 cu mi) of Grey's Landing Ignimbrite. [66]
Still larger were the Icelandic eruptions of Katla (the Eldgjá eruption) circa 934, with 18 km 3 (4 cu mi) of erupted lava, and the Þjórsárhraun eruption of Bárðarbunga circa 6700 BCE, with 25 km 3 (6 cu mi) lava erupted, the latter being the largest effusive eruption in the last 10,000 years. [46]
Biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 years Tuesday 21 November 2023 14:00 , Lydia Patrick Iceland ’s town of Grindavik faces a catastrophic countdown to a volcanic eruption that could see ...
Photos show Icelandic volcano erupting for 10th time in 3 years Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland, in this handout picture ...
Campanian volcanic arc ≥ 10 56 X2 6 Ischia: Campanian volcanic arc: 40 56 Monte Epomeo Green Tuff 6 Daisen: Honshū: 40 59.6 [3] Daisen-Kurayoshi Pumice 6 Shikotsu Hokkaidō: 50 60 Shadai eruption 6 Towada Honshū: 10 61 eruption episode Q 6 Newberry Volcano: Cascade Volcanic Arc > 12.5 62.5 Olema tephra, Paulina tephra 6 Hakone: Honshū
Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy ...