- A
volcanic eruption occurs when
material is
expelled from a
volcanic vent or fissure.
Several types of
volcanic eruptions have been
distinguished by volcanologists...
-
summit and
escalated until a
major explosive eruption took
place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The
eruption,
which had a
volcanic explosivity index of 5...
- Of the many
eruptions of
Mount Vesuvius, a
major stratovolcano in
Southern Italy, the best-known is its
eruption in 79 AD,
which was one of the deadliest...
- (September 2024) of 3,403 m (11,165 ft),
though this
varies with
summit eruptions. For instance, in 2021 the
southeastern crater reached a
height of 3,357...
- The Toba
eruption (also
called the Toba
supereruption and the
Youngest Toba
eruption) was a
supervolcanic eruption that
occurred around 74,000
years ago...
- Look up
eruption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
eruption most
commonly relates to volcanoes, see
types of
volcanic eruptions.
Eruption may also...
- what is now
considered the most
powerful volcanic eruption in
recorded human history. This
eruption, with a
volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7, ejected...
- A
supervolcano is a
volcano that has had an
eruption with a
volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the
largest recorded value on the index. This means...
-
Sunda Strait, had repeated,
months long
volcanic eruptions. The most
destructive of
these eruptions occurred on 27 August, when over 70% of the island...
- another, Rakata, is the only
remnant of an
island mostly destro**** by an
eruption in 1883
which created the caldera. In 1927, a
fourth island, Anak Krakatoa...
