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  2. List of largest volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    A part of the large eruptions that occurred in southwest Japan to 13 to 15 Ma. [34] Yellowstone Caldera—Lava Creek Tuff: 0.639: Yellowstone hotspot: 1,000 Last large eruption in the Yellowstone National Park area estimated energy yield 875,000 megatons of tnt [39] [9] [10] Awasa Caldera: 1.09 Main Ethiopian Rift: 1,000 [40] Cerro Galán: 2.2

  3. List of large volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    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: 20 66 Hakone-Tokyo Pumice 6 Akademia Nauk: Kamchatka: 12.5 69.4 Odnoboky O2 tuffs 6 Los Humeros: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 37 69 Zaragoza Tuff 6 Los Humeros

  4. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The final eruptions in the creation of Banks Peninsula in New Zealand occurred about 9 million years ago. A major eruption of Gran Canaria took place around 14 million years ago. Approximately 23.03 million years BP, the Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin. Cerro Guacha, Bolivia; 5.6–5.8 Ma (Guacha ignimbrite). [61]

  5. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    An eruption as large as Mount Pinatubo in 1991 could certainly cool the planet for a few years, though it wouldn’t be able to erase the Earth’s current climate woes caused by planet-warming ...

  6. List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    An eruption on the Red Sea island killed at least 7 soldiers and spewed lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air. [107] 1 Raoul Island [108] Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2006 1 An eruption on 17 March killed conservation worker Mark Kearney, who was measuring the water temperature of Green Lake. [109] 3 Santa Ana [110] El Salvador 2005 2

  7. List of Quaternary volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    Tianchi eruption, Paektu Mountain, border of North Korea and China: 946 AD: 6: 40 to 98 km 3 (9.6 to 23.5 cu mi) of tephra [37] Also known as Millennium Eruption of Changbaishan Eldgjá eruption, Laki system, Iceland: 934–940 AD: 6: Estimated 18 km 3 (4.3 cu mi) of lava [38] Estimated 219 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted [39]

  8. List of volcanic eruptions 1500–2000 - Wikipedia

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    An eruption on 18 September 1952 killed 31 researchers and crewmen aboard the Maritime Safety Agency survey ship No.5 Kaiyo-Maru. [166] 3 Hibok-Hibok [167] Philippines 1951 500-2,000+ This eruption was a turning point for the Philippine government to establish a dedicated agency to focus on volcanoes and its activities.

  9. Volcanic explosivity index - Wikipedia

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    A value of 0 is given for non-explosive eruptions, defined as less than 10,000 m 3 (350,000 cu ft) of tephra ejected; and 8 representing a supervolcanic eruption that can eject 1.0 × 10 12 m 3 (240 cubic miles) of tephra and have a cloud column height of over 20 km (66,000 ft). The scale is logarithmic, with each interval on the scale ...