• is a list of notable volcanic eruptions in the 16th to 20th centuries with a Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that...
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    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...
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  • This is an incomplete list of volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Please see External links below for databases of Icelandic eruptions which include over 530...
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    The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed...
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    This article is a list of historical volcanic eruptions of approximately magnitude 6 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur...
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    the start of the 20th century. Since 2000, Etna has had four flank eruptions – in 2001, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, and 2008–2009. Summit eruptions occurred...
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    it one of the largest volcanic eruptions during the Holocene epoch. It left behind a large caldera that contains Lake Segara Anak. Later volcanic activity...
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  • This is a list of volcanic eruptions from Mauna Loa, an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands that last erupted in 2022. These eruptions have taken...
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    Mount Vesuvius (category Campanian volcanic arc)
    most densely populated volcanic region in the world. Eruptions tend to be violent and explosive; these are known as Plinian eruptions. Vesuvius has a long...
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    largest volcanic eruptions on Earth in the Holocene Epoch (the last 11,700 years) occurred at volcanoes in the Ring of Fire. They are the eruptions at Fisher...
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    9 cu mi) of dense-rock equivalent material into the atmosphere. It remains the most recent confirmed VEI-7 eruption to date. Other large volcanic eruptions (of...
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    upper crust, forming a volcanic vent. Mount Asama erupted in 1783, causing widespread damage. The three-month-long Plinian eruption that began on 9 May 1783...
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    re-mobilizing volcanic deposits. This destruction affected infrastructure and altered river systems for years. Minor dome-forming eruptions inside the caldera...
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  • Volcano "Leonard Range Eruption History". Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved on 2011-08-18. "San Pablo Volcanic Field Eruption History". Global Volcanism...
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    is part of the Thira regional unit. The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes...
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    Bristol Island (category Islands of the South Sandwich Islands)
    under snow and ice. The eruptions produced scoria cones and reached volcanic explosivity indexes of 2-3. Historical eruptions have been centered on Mount...
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    Lake Nyos disaster (category 20th-century volcanic events)
    that a small volcanic eruption may have occurred on the bed of the lake. A third possibility is that cool rainwater falling on one side of the lake triggered...
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    Mount Rinjani (category Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia)
    10 May 2010. "Mount Rinjani Closed As Eruptions Intensify". Tempointeractive.com-Mount Rinjani Closed As Eruptions Intensify. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May...
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    Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea) (category Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2000)
    lead to volcanic eruptions and as of 2000[update] Graham's summit remains about 8 metres (26 ft) below sea level. To forestall a renewal of the sovereignty...
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    destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BCE and buried in volcanic ash, which preserved the remains of fine frescoes and many objects...
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    Kīlauea (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
    eruption of 1790 received a VEI of 4. The 1983–2018 eruption was marked 3. The eruptions of 1820, 1924, 1959 and 1960 received 2s. The eruptions of 680...
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    types of volcanic eruptions, ranging from passive lava eruptions to violent explosive eruptions. Canada has a rich record of very large volumes of magmatic...
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    Hekla (category East Volcanic Zone of Iceland)
    the later part of eruptions come from thinner basalt tending magma which forms lava fields.: 36–38  The tephra produced by its eruptions is high in fluorine...
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    Methana (category Volcanoes of Greece)
    (and the area of the Saronic gulf) may expect other volcanic eruptions. Since 1991, the peninsula has been investigated by the team of ETH Zürich geologically...
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    (or plateau basalt) is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt...
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    Galeras (category Andean Volcanic Belt)
    caldera-forming eruptions have occurred, the first about 560,000 years ago in an eruption which expelled about 15 cubic kilometres (3.6 cu mi) of material....
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    Michael R. Rampino (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    several areas including: studies of climate change on various timescales; the products and dynamics of volcanic eruptions and their effects on the global...
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    catastrophic volcanic eruptions in the Soufrière Hills, which destroyed the capital city of Plymouth, and necessitated the evacuation of a large part of the island...
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    relatively quiet eruptions of soupy black basalt lava flows alternated with tremendous explosive eruptions of rhyolite, a light-colored volcanic rock. Cinder...
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    geologic activity includes geysers and frequent volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau characterised by sand and lava fields,...
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