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Supervolcano – Volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8; Decade Volcanoes – Set of sixteen volcanoes noted for their eruptive history and proximity to densely populated areas; Dispersal index – Indicator of spread of volcanic ejecta; Lists of volcanoes; List of natural disasters by death toll
On 4 November 2024, the volcano spewed molten debris at several villages some 4 km (2.5 mi) away, destroying homes and killing at least nine. [74] The Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation recommended that a 7 km (4.3 mi) radius around the volcano be evacuated. [75] Seven villages were affected by the eruption. [76]
Category: Volcanoes by highest known Volcanic Explosivity Index of eruption. ... VEI-2 volcanoes (11 P) VEI-3 volcanoes (1 C, 12 P) VEI-4 volcanoes (2 C, 39 P)
The volcanic explosivity index (commonly shortened to VEI) is a scale, from 0 to 8, for measuring the strength of eruptions but does not capture all of the properties that may be perceived to be important. It is used by the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program in assessing the impact of historic and prehistoric lava flows.
Satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai This is a sortable list of large eruptions that occurred between 11.7 Ka and 450+ Ma . Uncertainties as to dates and tephra volumes are not restated, and references are not repeated.
While there were other eruptions in 1815, Tambora is classified as a VEI-7 eruption with a column 45 km (148,000 ft) tall, eclipsing all others by at least one order of magnitude. The VEI is used to quantify the amount of ejected material, with a VEI-7 being 100 km 3 (24 cu mi). Every index value below that is one order of magnitude (meaning ...
Tuff Canyon: volcanoes erupted 30 million years ago and expelled basalt lava rocks and hardened volcanic ash Davis Mountains: 35 million years old and formed by magma from two volcanic centers
For larger volcanoes that have erupted at least 1,000 km 3 (240 cu mi) of tephra at a time, see Category:VEI-8 volcanoes or Category:Supervolcanoes. The only unambiguous VEI-7 eruption to have been directly observed in recorded history was Mount Tambora in 1815 and caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816.