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Satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. This is a list of volcanoes that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene (since about 11,650 years Before Present), with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or higher, or a plume height of at least 30 km.
The Ontong Java Plateau forms from 125 to 120 million years ago; Paraná and Etendeka traps, Brazil, Namibia and Angola form 128 to 138 million years ago. 132 million years ago, a possible supervolcanic eruption occurred, ejecting 8,600 cubic kilometers (2,063 cu mi). [90] Formation of the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalts begins 183 million years ago.
The Holocene epoch begins 11,700 years BP, [16] (10 000 14 C years ago) Since 2000 AD. Name and area Date VEI ... 5250 BC ±1000: 6:
This volcanic episode occurred about 300,000 years after the Chicxulub meteor impact, and may have been another contributing factor towards the extinction of the dinosaurs: 8 Source unknown: Honshū: Unknown 70 Noi Rhyolite: 8 Ontong-Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi Plateau: Southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands Unknown 121
Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured 590: 3 November 1893: Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [14] 581: 16 April 1947: Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured ...
Although most of the residents escaped in the early hours of the eruption, more than 1,000 did not. But the debris that covered the town also preserved it until the remains were rediscovered some ...
Eruptions the size of that at Lake Toba 74,000 years ago, at least 2,800 cubic kilometres (670 cu mi), or the Yellowstone eruption 620,000 years ago, around 1,000 cubic kilometres (240 cu mi), occur worldwide every 50,000 to 100,000 years. [1] [n 1]
The mighty baobab has grown across mainland Africa, Madagascar and Australia for millions of years. But until now, scientists disputed where they came from. Finally, an answer to a mystery ...