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A supervolcano is a volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, [1] the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for such an eruption is greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles). [2] Location of Yellowstone hotspot over time. Numbers indicate millions of years before ...
To compare, Mt. St. Helens' eruption in 1980 was a level 4. Known as a super eruption for its magnitude, the event emptied out enough volcanic material to produce the 30-by-40-mile-wide caldera.
Human death toll 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 ...
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The inability to create reliable eruption forecasts owes largely to the fact that volcano systems are so varied. The way one volcano comes to life is not necessarily how others around the world ...
Many started speculating the bison were running away from the park's supervolcano - ultimately predicting a massive eruption. The original YouTube video has gotten more than 130,000 views, but ...
6 Laacher See: Eifel hotspot: 20 12.9 6 Nigorigawa: Hokkaidō: 10.9 14.6 6 Phlegraean Fields: Campanian volcanic arc: 79 14.9 Neapolitan Yellow Tuff 6 Maly Semyachik: Kamchatka: 17.5 15 6 Towada Honshū 56 15.6 eruption episode L 7 Phlegraean Fields: Campanian volcanic arc: Unknown 15.7 5 Mount Vesuvius Campanian volcanic arc 1.3 19.3 Green ...
1452/1453 mystery eruption in the New Hebrides arc, Vanuatu; the location of this eruption in the South Pacific is uncertain, as it has been identified from distant ice core records; the only pyroclastic flows are found at Kuwae; 36 to 96 km 3 (8.6 to 23.0 cu mi) of tephra; 175,000,000–700,000,000 t (193,000,000–772,000,000 short tons) of ...