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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]
The separation was caused by a large eruption that filled the lowland between Weh and the rest of the mainland with sea water in the Pleistocene epoch. The largest volcano of Sumatra is the supervolcano Toba within the 100 km (62 mi) × 30 km (19 mi) Lake Toba, which was created after a caldera collapse (est. in 74,000 Before Present). [2]
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 ...
The most recent eruption, which occurred 70,000 years ago was among the largest known eruptions ever. Uluan is located on the Porsea caldera, a part of the volcano that erupted approximately 800,000 years ago. [1] Parapat, the primary transit point for tourists going across the lake to Samosir Island, is located on Uluan.
Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) -One person died and 11 were missing after flash floods hit near Lake Toba in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, the country's disasters agency BNPB said, with scores of people ...
The volcano has erupted several times since the initial eruption, with the most recent eruption occurring around 6 p.m. Tuesday night, Indonesian time, the Center for Volcanology and Geological ...