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The scale is open-ended with the largest eruptions in history given a magnitude of 8. 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 ...
Volcanic eruptions that rated 6 on the volcanic explosivity index.Such eruptions release a tephra volume of at least 10 km 3 (2.4 cu mi) with profound long-term effects on the surrounding area and noticeable short-term effects on global climate.
The eruption, which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5, was the first to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. [2] It has often been considered the most disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
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On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated a 5, and categorized as a Plinian eruption. The collapse of the northern flank of St. Helens mixed with ice, snow, and water to create lahars (volcanic mudflows). The lahars flowed many miles down the Toutle and Cowlitz Rivers, destroying bridges and lumber camps.
Volcanic eruptions that rated 8 on the volcanic explosivity index.Such eruptions release a tephra volume of at least 1,000 km 3 (240 cu mi) with annihilating long-term effects on the surrounding area and devastating short-term effects on global climate, leaving profound effects on the climate for years to come.
The scale of La Garita volcanism was the second greatest of the Cenozoic Era. The resulting Fish Canyon Tuff has a volume of approximately 1,200 cubic miles (5,000 km 3), giving it a volcanic explosivity index rating of 8. [6] By comparison, the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, was 0.25 cubic miles (1.0 km 3) in volume. [7]
[10] [11] On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated at least a VEI-5. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] Described by scientists as a " magma hammer", the volcano at its height produced a series of four underwater thrusts, displaced 10 cubic kilometres (2.4 cu mi) of rock, ash and sediment, and generated the largest atmospheric explosion ...
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