List of large volcanic eruptions
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. The inclusion criteria here only covers entries with a Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or greater. The given values for events in the Miocene epoch sometimes lack references, and are given as VEI-equivalent, as an estimate of the erupted tephra volume.
11.7 to 49KA
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ka [ 1]
Tephra or eruption name
6
Lolobau Island
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
50 50
12
caldera formation
6
Menengai
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
24.9 < 25
12.3
Ruplax Tuff
6
Nevado de Toluca
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
20 20
12.5
Upper Toluca Pumice
6
Sakurajima
Kyūshū
11 11
12.8
Sakurajima-Satsuma Tuff
6
Laacher See
Eifel hotspot
20 20
12.9
6
Nigorigawa
Hokkaidō
10.9 10.9
14.6
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
79 79
14.9
Neapolitan Yellow Tuff
6
Maly Semyachik
Kamchatka
17.5 17.5
15
6
Towada
Honshū
56 56
15.6
eruption episode L
7
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
Unknown
15.7
5
Mount Vesuvius
Campanian volcanic arc
1.3 1.3
19.3
Green Pumice
7
Long Island, PNG
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
100 100
19.3
Kiau Ignimbrite
7
Zavaritzki Caldera
Simushir , Kuril Islands
200 200
20
6
Rabaul
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
10.1 >10
21
Kulau Ignimbrite
6
Menengai
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
26.1 26.1
21
Caldera formation 2
6
Cape Riva Caldera , Santorini
South Aegean Volcanic Arc
20.1 >20
21.8
Cape Riva
5
Mount Vesuvius
Campanian volcanic arc
1.9 1.9
22
Basal Pumice
6
Mount Katmai
SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc
10.1 ⩾10
22.8
Late Pleistocene rhyodacite pumice fall and ignimbrite
8
Taupō Volcano
Taupō Volcanic Zone
1170 1170
26.5
Oruanui eruption [ a]
6
Morne Diablotins
Dominica , Lesser Antilles island arc
14 14
26.6
Grand Savanne Ignimbrite
?
Laguna Caldera
Luzon Volcanic Arc
Unknown
27-29
5
Mount Vesuvius
Campanian volcanic arc
2.2 2.2
28.6
Codola Pumice
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
10.1 ≥10
29.1
Y3
6
Emmons Lake caldera
SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc
50 50
29.3
Dawson Tephra
6
Nemrut yanardağı
Turkey
65.4 65.4
29.7
7-8
Aira Caldera
Kyūshū
940 940 - 1,040[ 2]
30[ 3]
Ito Ignimbrite
6
Nemo Peak
Onekotan , Kuril Islands
10 10
30.8
Nemo III
6
Shiveluch
Kamchatka
30.1 >30
32.2
caldera formation
6
Volcán Los Azufres
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
11 11
32.8
Cieneguillas Ignimbrite
6
Morne Trois Pitons
Dominica, Lesser Antilles island arc
58 58
33.3
Roseau Tuff/Ignimbrite
7
Lake Ranau
Sunda Arc , Sumatra
150 150
33.6
Ranau Tuff
6
Nemo Peak
Onekotan, Kuril Islands
31.3 31.3
34
Nemo II
6
Mount Batur
Sunda Arc, Bali
84 84
34.6
Ubud Ignimbrite
6
Ksudach
Kamchatka
25 25
35
Caldera II
6
Lake Mashū
Hokkaidō
10 10
35.3[ 4]
Nu-p
6
Menengai
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
26.1 26.1
35.6
Menengai Tuff
6
Towada
Honshū
46 46
36
eruption episode N
6
Lake Mashū
Hokkaidō
10 10
38.3[ 4]
Nu-r
7
Gorely
Kamchatka
120 120
39
Southern sea cliffs
7
Kussharo
Hokkaidō
170 170
39.3
Kp-1, Kutcharo Shoro Ash
7
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
430 430 - 680
39.9
Campanian Ignimbrite Eruption
5
Galeras
Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
40
6
Ksudach
Kamchatka
40 40
40
Caldera I
6
Ugashik-Peulik
SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc
30 30
40
Caldera formation
6?
Ulleung
South Korea
10 10?
40[ 3]
Ulleungdo-Yamato tephra
6
Irosin Caldera
Bicol -Leyte Volcanic Arc
70 70
41
Irosin Ignimbrites
6
Qualibou
Saint Lucia , Lesser Antilles island arc
11 11
42.3
Choiseul Tuff
6
Mount St. Helens
Cascade Volcanic Arc
10.3 10.3
42.5
C (Cs, Cy, Cm, Cw, Ct) (Ape Canyon)
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
14.4 14.4 DRE[ 4]
43[ 6]
Kt-1
7
Uzon-Geyzernaya calderas
Kamchatka
150 150
43.6
Uzon ignimbrite - northern field
6
Golovnin
Kunashir , Kuril Islands
15 15
43.7
Kn III-5 Tephra
6
Mount Akagi
Honshū
25.9 25.9
44
Akagi-Kanuma pumice
6
Mendeleev
Kunashir , Kuril Islands
60 60
44.5
caldera formation
7
Opala
Kamchatka
225 225
44.5
caldera formation
5-6
Naruko
Honshū
5 5 - 10[ 4]
45
Yanagisawa Tuff
7
Nemo Peak
Onekotan, Kuril Islands
115.1 >115
45
Nemo I
6
Smith Island
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
49 49
45
7
Shikotsu
Hokkaidō
350 350 - 390[ 7]
46
caldera formation
50 to 99KA
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ka [ 8]
Tephra or eruption name
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
10.2 10.2 DRE
50
Kt-2
7
Ōkataina Volcanic Complex
Taupō Volcanic Zone
100 >100 DRE[ 9]
50
Rotoiti Ignimbrite
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
13.1 13.1
51
Santa Lucia Tephra
7
Lake Maninjau
Sunda Arc, Sumatra
235 235
52
Maninjau paroxysmal welded and unwelded tuffs
6
Mount Kujū
Kyūshū
12.0 12[ 10]
53.5
Kuju-Handa pyroclastic flow (Kj-Hd), Kuju-1 Pumice (Kj-P1)
6
Skaros Caldera, Santorini
South Aegean Volcanic Arc
13.8 13.75
54
Upper Scoriae 2
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
20.1 20.1 DRE
50 - 60
Kt-3
5[ 11]
Torfajökull [ 12]
Iceland
4 4 DRE[ 11]
55.4[ 12]
Þórsmörk ignimbrite and Greenland II-RHY-1[ 12]
6
Ischia
Campanian volcanic arc
10.1 ≥ 10
56
X2
6
Ischia
Campanian volcanic arc
40.0 40
56
Monte Epomeo Green Tuff
6
Daisen
Honshū
40.0 40
59.6[ 3]
Daisen-Kurayoshi Pumice
6
Shikotsu
Hokkaidō
50.0 50
60
Shadai eruption
6
Towada
Honshū
10.0 10
61
eruption episode Q
6
Newberry Volcano
Cascade Volcanic Arc
12.6 > 12.5
62.5
Olema tephra, Paulina tephra
6
Hakone
Honshū
20.0 20
66
Hakone-Tokyo Pumice
6
Akademia Nauk
Kamchatka
12.5 12.5
69.4
Odnoboky O2 tuffs
6
Los Humeros
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
37.0 37
69
Zaragoza Tuff
6
Los Humeros
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
24.0 24
70
Faby Tuff
6
Pico do Fogo
Cape Verde
Unknown
73
5-6
Naruko
Honshū
5.0 5 - 10
73
Nisaka Tuff
8
Lake Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc, Sumatra
2800 2,800 - 5,300[ 13]
74
Youngest Toba Tuff[ b]
6
Barrier Volcano
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
10.0 10
74
caldera formation
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
11.1 > 11 DRE
75
Kt-4
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
12.4 12.35
80
CA-1a Tephra
6
Bolshoy Semyachik
Kamchatka
42.0 42
80
Bol'shoi Semiachik Caldera II
6
Hakone
Honshū
10.0 10
80
Hakone-Obaradai Pumice
7?
Mount Pinatubo
Luzon Volcanic Arc
25.0 25
81
Inararo Tuff
6
Etna
Campanian volcanic arc
10.0 10
82.8
X4; I-7
7
Lago de Atitlán
Central America Volcanic Arc, Guatemala
300 300
84
Los Chocoyos eruption
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
16.8 16.8 DRE
84
Kt-6
6
Kussharo
Hokkaidō
25.0 25
85
Kp-2/3
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
10.8 10.8 DRE
84 - 87
Kt-7
7-8
Mount Aso
Kyūshū
930 930 - 1,860[ 2]
87
Aso-4 Ignimbrite
6
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
9.9 9.9 DRE
87 - 106
Kt-8
100 to 299KA
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ka [ 15]
Tephra or eruption name
7
Kikai Caldera
Ryukyu Islands
Unknown
100
Tozurahara eruption
6
Sierra la Primavera
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
90
100
Tala Tuff
6
Skaros Caldera, Santorini
South Aegean Volcanic Arc
14
100
Middle Pumice
6
Ontake
Honshū
50
100
Ontake-1 Pumice
6
Rabaul
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
10?
100
Boroi Ignimbrites
6
Rabaul
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
10?
100
Malaguna Pyroclastics
7
Ata Caldera
Kyūshū
350
100[ 3]
Ata pyroclastic deposits
6
Sanbe
Honshū
20
105
Sanbe-Kisuki pumice
6
Tangkuban Perahu
Sunda Arc , Java
≥ 10
105
Sunda Caldera
7
Lake Tōya
Hokkaidō
230 – 310[ 2]
106
6
Santo Antão
Cape Verde
10.33
106
Cão Grande I
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
≥ 10
106.2
X5
6
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
≥ 10
108.9
X6
7
Kussharo
Hokkaidō
175
117.5
Kp-4, Kutcharo Haboro Ash
7
Emmons Lake caldera
SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc
220
124
Old Craw Tephra
7
Mount Aso
Kyūshū
> 150
130
Aso-3 Ignimbrite
6
Mount Aso
Kyūshū
50
141
Aso-2 Ignimbrite
6
Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone hotspot
23?
143
Cold Mountain Creek Tuff
7
Calabozos
Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
150
Loma Seca Tuff-Unit S
5
Galeras
Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
150
7
Kos-Nisyros Caldera
South Aegean Volcanic Arc
110
161
Kos Plateau Tuff
7
Los Humeros
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
290 DRE[ 16]
164
Xáltipan Ignimbrite
7
Lake Akan
Hokkaidō
56.8 (DRE)
175
AK-2
6
Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone hotspot
50
176
Bluff Point Tuff
7
Southern Caldera, Santorini
South Aegean Volcanic Arc
Unknown
180
7
Awasa Caldera
Main Ethiopian Rift
103.5
182.3
7
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
Unknown
205
7
Rotorua Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
230
Mamaku Ignimbrite
7
Maroa Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
230
Ohakuri Ignimbrite
7
Reporoa Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
230
Kaingaroa Ignimbrite
7
Ata Caldera
Kyūshū
> 150
240
Torihama eruption
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
240
Ohakui Ignimbrite
7
O'a Caldera
Ethiopia
276
240
Qi3 Pumice
8
Maroa Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
254
Whakamaru Ignimbrite
6
Mount Aso
Kyūshū
Unknown
266
Aso-1 Ignimbrite
6
Uzon-Geyzernaya calderas
Kamchatka
46
278
Uzon ignimbrite - southern field
7
Haroharo Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
280
Matahina Ignimbrite
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
280
Pakai Ignimbrite
7
Lake Maninjau
Sunda Arc, Sumatra
175
280
300 to 999KA
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ka [ 17]
Tephra or eruption name
7
Calabozos
Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
300
Loma Seca Tuff-Unit V
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
300
Chimpanzee Ignimbrite
7
Vulsini
Campanian volcanic arc
460
300
Bolsena Caldera
7
Phlegraean Fields
Campanian volcanic arc
Unknown
320
7
Kakutō Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
321
Kakuto Ignimbrite
7?
Suiendani
Honshū
Unknown
370
Okuhida Pyroclastics
7
Lake Bracciano
Lazio , Italy
> 200
370
Mophi Tephra
6
Roccamonfina Caldera
Campanian volcanic arc
Unknown
390
6-7
Medvezhia
Iturup , Kuril Islands
90
410
Medvezhia Ignimbrite
7
Toussidé
Tibesti Mountains
150
430
Yirrigué Ignimbrite
7
Pauzhetka Caldera
Kamchatka
375
440
Golygin Ignimbrite
7
Tumalo
Oregon
Unknown
440
Tumalo tuff
7
Aira Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
450
Oda Ignimbrite
7
Diamante Caldera
Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
450
7
Aira Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
500
Yoshino Ignimbrite
7
Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc, Sumatra
138
500
Middle Toba Tuff
7
Kobayashi Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
520
Kobayashi Ignimbrite
6
Galeras
Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
560
7
Mount Kirishima
Kyūshū
Unknown
580
Hiwaki Ignimbrite
6?
Hōhi Volcanic Zone
Kyūshū
Unknown
600
Yufugawa Ignimbrite
6
Mount Lassen
Cascade Volcanic Arc
> 75
610
Rockland Caldera formation
8
Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field
Yellowstone hotspot
⩾ 1,000
631
Lava Creek Tuff
7
Acatlán Volcanic Field
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
150
650
Acatlán Ignimbrite
7
Hōhi Volcanic Zone
Kyūshū
Unknown
650
Seiganji-Toga Tephra
7
Kamitakara
Honshū
Unknown
650
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
680
Matahana A
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
710
Waiotapu Ignimbrite
7
Long Valley Caldera
Eastern California
790
760
Bishop Tuff
7
Kapenga Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
830
Matahana B
7
Calabozos
Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone
Unknown
840
Loma Seca Tuff-Unit L
8
Lake Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc, Sumatra
5,290[ 13]
840
Toba Tuff
7
Shishimuta Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
870
Imaichi Ignimbrite
7
Tondano Caldera
North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
600 - 950
870
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
950
Marshall Ignimbrite
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
970
Unit E
1 to 9.9MA
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ma [ 18]
Tephra or eruption name
7
North Vate
Vanuatu
Unknown
001 1
Efaté Pumice Formation
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001 1
Rocky Hill Ignimbrite
7
Shishimuta Caldera
Kyūshū
Unknown
001 1
Yabakei Ignimbrite
7
Tamagawa Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
001 1
7
Tōnohetsuri Calderas
Honshū
Unknown
001 1
Saigō Ignimbrite
7
Tokachi-Mitsumata Caldera
Hokkaidō
130 > 130
001 1
8
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.01 1.01
Kidnappers Ignimbrite
8
Awasa Caldera
Main Ethiopian Rift
1000
001.09 1.09
8
Gakkel Ridge Caldera
Gakkel Ridge , Arctic Ocean
3000
001.1 1.1
7
Akademia Nauk
Kamchatka
100
001.13 1.13
Stena-Soboliny Ignimbrite
7
Kulshan Caldera
Cascade Volcanic Arc
117 > 117.5
001.15 1.149
Lake Tapps Tephra , Swift Creek Ignimbrite , Kulshan caldera formation
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.18 1.18
Ahuroa Ignimbrite
7
Hōhi Volcanic Zone
Kyūshū
Unknown
001.2 1.2
Shikido Ignimbrite
6
Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc , Sumatra
Unknown
001.2 1.2
Haranggoal Dacite Tuff
7
Tōnohetsuri Calderas
Honshū
Unknown
001.2 1.2
Ashino Ignimbrite
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.2 1.2
Unit D
8
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.21 1.21
Ongatiti Ignimbrite
7
Valles Caldera
New Mexico , USA (Raton hotspot )
690
001.22 1.223
Upper Bandelier Tuff
7
Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field
Yellowstone hotspot
280 > 280 (DRE)
001.27 1.27
Mesa Falls Tuff
7
Puricó Complex
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.3 1.3
Puricó Ignimbrite
7
Tōnohetsuri Calderas
Honshū
Unknown
001.4 1.4
Kumado Ignimbrite
7
Mount Tokachi
Hokkaidō
Unknown
001.4 1.4
Tokachi Ignimbrite
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.4 1.4
Unit C
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.53 1.53
Unit B
7
Mangakino Caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone
Unknown
001.55 1.55
Unit A
7
Mount Jiigatake [ 19]
Honshū
Unknown
001.6 1.6
Ōmine Ignimbrite
7
Valles Caldera
New Mexico, USA
690
001.61 1.61
Lower Bandelier Tuff
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
001.65 1.65
6
Cerro Guacha
Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex
Unknown
001.7 1.7
Puripica Ch0ico ignimbrite
7
Young Island
Valleny Islands
100
001.7 1.7
Eltanin
7
Bolshe-Bannaya
Kamchatka
800
001.7 1.7
7
Mount Hotakadake [ 19]
Honshū
Unknown
001.75 1.75
Ebisutōge-Fukuda tephras
7
Mount Hotakadake
Honshū
Unknown
001.76 1.76
Nyūkawa Ignimbrite
7
Valles Caldera
New Mexico, USA
101 ⩾ 100
001.78 1.78
San Diego Canyon Ignimbrite
7
Karymshina
Kamchatka
Unknown
001.78 1.78
7
Lago de Atitlán
Central America Volcanic Arc, Guatemala
Unknown
001.8 1.8
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
001.88 1.88
Kitazawa Ignimbrite
7
Mount Tokachi
Hokkaidō
Unknown
001.9 1.9
Biei Ignimbrite
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
Reishōji Ignimbrite
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
Ht-3 Ignimbrite
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
Nyūnomi Ignimbrite
7
Mount Jiigatake
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
Ichiuda Ignimbrite
7
Mount Hotakadake
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
Sonehara Ignimbrite
7
Tamagawa Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
002 2
8
Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field
Yellowstone hotspot
2160
002.07 2.0794
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff A & B
7
Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field
Yellowstone hotspot
290
002.11 2.113
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff C
7
Mount Jiigatake [ 19]
Honshū
Unknown
002.18 2.18
Taniguchi Ignimbrite
8
Cerro Galán
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
1030
002.2 2.2
Cerro Galán Ignimbrite
7?
Mount Erciyes
Turkey
Unknown
002.5 2.52
Valibabatepe Ignimbrite
7
Hiwada Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
002.8 2.8
Hotokezawa Ignimbrite
8
Pastos Grandes Caldera
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
1500
002.9 2.9
Pastos Grandes Ignimbrite
7
Teragi Cauldron
Honshū
Unknown
003 3.03
Teragi Group[ 20]
7
Cerro Guacha
Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex
Unknown
003.5 3.5
Tara Ignimbrite
7
Yunosawa Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
003.5 3.5
Obirakiyama Tuff
8
Pacana Caldera
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
2800
004 4
Atana Ignimbrite
8
Heise volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
004.5 4.45
Kilgore Tuff
?
Heise volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
005.5 5.51
Conant Creek Tuff
8
Cerro Guacha
Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex
1300
005.7 5.7
Guacha ignimbrite
7
Cerro Panizos
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
Unknown
006.1 6.1
Panizos Ignimbrite
?
Heise volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
006.3 6.27
Walcott Tuff
8
Heise volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
006.6 6.62
Blacktail Tuff
7
Black Mountain Caldera
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
007 7
Thirsty Canyon Tuff
7
Pastos Grandes Caldera or Vilama Caldera
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
Unknown
008.3 8.3
Sifon Ignimbrite
?
Twin Falls volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
008.6 8.6-10
8
Grey's Landing Supereruption
Yellowstone hotspot
2800
008.7 8.72
Grey's Landing Ignimbrite
8
McMullen Supereruption
Yellowstone hotspot
1700
008.9 8.99
McMullen Ignimbrite
10MA and older
VEI
Volcano/complex
Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot
Material volume (km3 )
Age in Ma [ 22]
Tephra or eruption name
?
Picabo volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
010 10 – 10.2
Arbon Valley Tuffs
7-8
Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera
Yellowstone hotspot
950
011 10 – 12.5
Ashfall Fossil Beds eruption
7
Timber Mountain caldera complex
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
011.5 11.45
Timber Mountain Tuff - Ammonia Tanks member
8
Timber Mountain caldera complex
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
011.6 11.6
Timber Mountain Tuff - Rainer Mesa member
8
Paintbrush Caldera
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
012.7 12.7
Paintbrush Tuff - Topopah Spring member
8
Paintbrush Caldera
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
012.8 12.8
Paintbrush Tuff - Tiva Canyon member
7
Mount Sobo
Kyūshū
Unknown
012.8 12.8
?
Owyhee-Humboldt volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
012.8 13.9-12.8
7
Mount Katamuki
Kyūshū
Unknown
013 13
7
Silent Canyon caldera complex
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
013 13
Belted Range Tuff
7
Crater Flat Group
Southwest Nevada volcanic field
Unknown
013.3 13.25
Crater Flat Tuff , Bullfrog member
7
Shitara Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
013.1 15.1-13.1
8
Ōdai Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
013.7 13.7
Murō Ignimbrite
8
Mount Ōkue
Kyūshū
Unknown
013.7 13.7
Okueyama volcano-plutonic complex
7
Mount Ishizuchi
Shikoku
Unknown
014 14
8
Kumano Caldera
Honshū
Unknown
014.4 14.4
Kumano Acidic rocks
8
Source unknown
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
1100
015 15
Huaylillas Ignimbrite
7
McDermitt volcanic field , North
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
015 15
Whitehorse Creek Tuff
?
Lake Owyhee volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot ?
Unknown
015 15
8
Mount Osuzu
Kyūshū
Unknown
015.1 15.1
Osuzuyama volcano-plutonic complex
?
Northwest Nevada volcanic field
Yellowstone hotspot ?
Unknown
015.5 16.5-15.5
7
McDermitt volcanic field , South
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
015.6 15.6
Longridge Tuff member 2-3
7
McDermitt volcanic field, South
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
015.6 15.6
Longridge Tuff member 5
7
McDermitt volcanic field, South
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
015.7 15.7
Double H Tuff
7
McDermitt volcanic field, North
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
015.8 15.8
Trout Creek Mountains Tuff
?
McDermitt volcanic field, South
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
016 16
Hoppin Peaks Tuff
7
McDermitt volcanic field, South
Yellowstone hotspot
Unknown
016.5 16.5
Oregon Canyon Tuff
8
Oxaya Formation
Andes, Central Volcanic Zone
3000
019 19
Oxaya Ignimbrite
7
Mount Belknap Caldera
Marysvale volcanic field
Unknown
019 19
Joe Lott member
7
Monroe Peak Caldera
Marysvale volcanic field
Unknown
023 23
Osiris Tuff
8
La Garita Caldera
San Juan volcanic field
5000
027.8 27.8
Fish Canyon Tuff [ c]
8?
Bachelor
San Juan volcanic field
1000
028 28
Carpenter Ridge Tuff
8
San Juan
San Juan volcanic field
Unknown
028 28
Sapinero Mesa Tuff
8?
Uncompahgre
San Juan volcanic field
1000
028.1 28.1
Dillon & Sapinero Mesa Tuffs
8?
Platoro
San Juan volcanic field
1000
028.2 28.2
Chiquito Peak Tuff
8
Bursum
Southern New Mexico
Unknown
028.5 28.5
Apache Springs Tuff
8
White Rock Caldera
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex
Unknown
029.2 29.2
Lund Tuff
8
Sana'a Ignimbrite
Afro-Arabian
Unknown
029.5 29.5
Tephra 2W63
8
Iftar Alkalb
Afro-Arabian
Unknown
029.5 29.5
Tephra 4 W
8
Sam Ignimbrite
Yemen
Unknown
029.5 29.5
Green Tuff
8
Jabal Kura'a Ignimbrite
Yemen
Unknown
029.6 29.6
8
Wah Wah Springs Caldera
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex
5900
030 30.06
Wah Wah Springs Tuff [ d]
8
Windows Butte Tuff
Central Nevada
Unknown
033 33
Windows Butte Tuff
8
Emory Caldera
Southwestern New Mexico
Unknown
034.9 34.9
Kneeling Nun Tuff , City of Rocks State Park
8
Mount Princeton
Thirtynine Mile volcanic area , Colorado
Unknown
035.3 35.3
Wall Mountain Tuff
7
Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex
Skukum Group
Unknown
050 50
8
Deccan Traps
West-central India
Unknown
066 66
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
070 70
Noi Rhyolite
8
Ontong-Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi Plateau
Southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands
Unknown
121 121
Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain.
8
Guarapuava-Tamarana-Sarusas
Paraná and Etendeka traps
Unknown
132 132
Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain.
8
Santa Maria Fria
Paraná and Etendeka traps
Unknown
132 132
Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain.
8
Guarapuava-Ventura
Paraná and Etendeka traps
Unknown
132 132
Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain.
8
High Island Caldera
Hong Kong
Unknown
140 140
8
Ora Caldera
Southern Alps , Italy
Unknown
274 277–274
Ora Formation
7
Altenberg–Teplice Caldera [ 23]
The Altenberg-Teplice Volcanic Complex
Unknown
317 325-317 [ 23]
Teplice Rhyolite intra-caldera deposits
8
Cerberean Caldera
Rubicon Valley
Unknown
374 374 [ 24]
Cerberean Caldera now forms the northern part of the Marysville Igneous Complex in central Victoria at Lake Eildon National Park .[ 24] [ 25]
8
Glen Coe
Scotland
Unknown
420 420 [ 26]
8
Scafells
Lake District
Unknown
450 450+ [ 27]
Notes
^ First documented Supervolcanic eruption, and last known volcanic eruption with a VEI of 8.
^ The eruption of Lake Toba was the biggest volcanic eruption in the Quaternary period .[ 14]
^ Second biggest explosive eruption in the last 100 million years
^ The biggest explosive eruption in the last 100 million years
See also
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^ start from 1950 CE
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