List of large historical volcanic eruptions

This is a list of volcanoes that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene or in recorded history. To date, there have been no eruptions with a confirmed VEI of 8 in the Holocene, and only a few VEI-7 eruptions are thought to have occurred during this time.

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Infrared image of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, from Space Shuttle Endeavour. The 1815 eruption that created the caldera is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history as well as one of the largest volcanic events in the past 10,000 years and the deadliest volcanic event in recorded history killing upwards more than 100,000 to more than 200,000 people (directly and indirectly). This event was the only VEI-7 eruption that has been directly observed in recorded history.
Color infrared view of Rinjani Volcano on the island of Lombok, May 1992. The eastern part of the island of Bali to the west is visible in the top right corner, separated from Lombok by the Lombok Strait; the Alas Strait and the western part of the island of Sumbawa are visible on the bottom left. The 1257 eruption is one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 10,000 years (comparable with the 1815 Tambora eruption), and this may have helped trigger the Little Ice Age. The death toll from this eruption ranges between 15,000 to 20,000 due to post-eruption famine and diseases.
Mount Paektu, April 2003. The 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain also known as the Millennium eruption or Tianchi eruption is considered one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in China and Korea’s recorded history and one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 10,000 years.
VEIVolcanoVolcanic arc/belt,
subregion, or hotspot
Bulk or DRE material volume (km3)Historical dateTephra or eruption nameNotes
5 Puyehue-Cordón CaulleAndean Volcanic Belt12011-06-042011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption
5 Mount HudsonAndean Volcanic Belt7.61991-08-08
6 Mount Pinatubo[1]Luzon Volcanic Arc 131991-06-151991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
5 El Chichón[1]Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc 21982-04-04tephra unit A
5 Mount St. Helens[1]Cascade Volcanic Arc 1.31980-05-181980 eruption of Mount St. Helens landslide volume 0.7 mi3 (2.9 km3)
5 Mount AgungSunda Arc, Bali 11963-03-17
5 BezymiannyKamchatka 0.451955
5 KharimkotanKuril Islands 11933
5 Quizapú Andean Volcanic Belt 1932
5 Volcán de ColimaTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 1.661913-01-20
6 Novarupta[1]SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 31.21912-06-06
5 KsudachKamchatka 1.751907-03-28
6 Santa María[1]Central America Volcanic Arc, Guatemala 201902-10-24
5 Mount TaraweraTaupo Volcanic Zone 21886-06-15 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
6 Krakatoa[1]Sunda Arc 261883-08-261883 eruption of Krakatoa The eruption of Krakatoa caused the loudest sound in recorded history
5 AskjaIceland 1.831875-03-28
5 ShiveluchKamchatka 21854-02-18
5 CosigüinaCentral America Volcanic Arc, Nicaragua 4.251835-01-20
5 Mount Galunggung Sunda Arc, Java 2 1822-10-08 killed over 4,000 people
7 Mount Tambora[1]Sunda Arc, Sumbawa 160-2131815-04-101815 eruption of Mount Tambora Caused the year without a summer, which caused crops to fail and killed over 100,000-200,000 people
6 Source unknownSource unknown 1808/1809Undocumented 1808 eruption[2]
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 1.51800T (Goat Rocks)
5 Mount WestdahlUnimak, Aleutian Arc 11795 CE
5 KatlaIceland 11755-10-17
5 Mount TarumaeHokkaidō 41739-08-18Ta-a
5 KatlaIceland 11721-05-11
5 Mount FujiHonshū 1.71707-12-16 / 1708-2-24Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji
5 TangkokoSangihe Volcanic Arc 11680
5 Mount GamkonoraHalmahera Volcanic Arc 11673-05-20
5 Mount TarumaeHokkaidō 2.81667-09-24Ta-b
5 Mount UsuHokkaidō 2.781663-08-16
6 Long Island, PNGBismarck Volcanic Arc > 301660 CETibito tephra
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 21650 CE ±10SH1
6 Mount Melibengoy,[3] Philippines Mindanao ~131641 CE
5 KomagatakeHokkaidō 2.91640-07-31Ko-d landslide volume 1.72 – 2 km3
5 FurnasSão Miguel Island, Azores 2.11630-09-03
5 KatlaIceland 11625-09-02
6 HuaynaputinaAndes, Central Volcanic Zone 301600-02-19
5 RaungSunda Arc, Java 11593 CE
5 KeludSunda Arc, Java 11586 CE
6 Billy MitchellBougainville & Solomon Is. 13.51580 CEBM2
5 Água de PauSão Miguel Island, Azores 1.31563-06-28 / 1563-07-26
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 1.51482 CEWe (Kalama)
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 7.71480 CEWn (Kalama)
6 BárðarbungaIceland 1477 CEVeidivatnahraun
7 1452/1453 mystery eruption[1]Vanuatu 1081452 - 1453
6 Öræfajökull[4]Iceland 101362-06-05 Then called Knappafellsjökull. Completely destroyed Litlahérað. Volcano renamed after eruption.
5 El ChichónChiapanecan Volcanic Arc 2.81360 CE ±100tephra unit B
6 QuilotoaAndes, Northern Volcanic Zone 211280 CE
5 KatlaIceland 11262 CE
7 Mount SamalasLombok Island 130-2001257 CE1257 Samalas eruption; May have triggered the Little Ice Age[5]
5 Mount AsamaHonshū 1.31108-08-29 / 1108-10-11Asama-B, Tennin eruption
5 HeklaIceland 1.21104-10-15H1 tephra
5 Lake MashūHokkaidō 4.61080 ±100Ma-b
5 Billy MitchellBougainville & Solomon Is. 71030 CEBM1
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 21030 CE ±100SH2
6 CeborucoTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 10.951005 CE ±15Jala Pumice
7 Baekdu Mountain[1]Balhae (China – North Korea border) 120 ~946 CEBaegdusan-Tomakomai Tephra Millennium eruption, Caldera stage IV
5 KatlaIceland 4.5934-940 CEEldgjá eruption over 18 km3 of basalt erupted from a fissure vents
5 Towada[6]Honshū 6.54915-08-17eruption episode A
5 TolbachikKamchatka 1900 CEPeschanie Gorky
6 Mount Churchilleastern Alaska 50847 CE ±1WRAe Formed the Pumice Terrace
5 PopocatépetlTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 1.42823 CEII.A2&A3 White Pumice
5 El ChichónChiapanecan Volcanic Arc > 1780 CE ±100tephra unit D
6 PagoBismarck Volcanic Arc 20710 CE ±75Witori-Galilo tephra
5 PagoBismarck Volcanic Arc 6690 CE ±90Witori-Kimbe 4 tephra
6 RabaulBismarck Volcanic Arc 24683 CERabaul Pyroclastics
6 DakatauaBismarck Volcanic Arc 10653 CEDk
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 2650 CE ±40SH3
5 OpalaKamchatka 3.7610 CE ±50Baranii Amphitheatre crater
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 2600 CE
5 Mount HarunaHonshū 1.6537 CE ±13Futatsudake-Ikaho eruption
6-7 Unknown sourceUnknown 535 CE

Volcanic winter of 536

David Keys, Ken Wohletz, and others have postulated that a violent volcanic eruption, possibly of Krakatoa, in 535 was responsible for the global climate changes of 535–536.[7] Keys explores what he believes to be the radical and far-ranging global effects of such a putative 6th-century eruption in his book Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World. This eruption was believed to have been even more violent than Krakatoa's 1883 eruption, and also the one that created Krakatoa's original caldera, which resulted in the creation of Verlaten Island and Lang Island.[8] However, there are other explanations for the climate change, including an eruption of Ilopango in El Salvador, in Central America.
6-7 Lake IlopangoCentral America Volcanic Arc, El Salvador 84-104 430 CE

Tierra Blanca Joven eruption

5 Mount VesuviusCampanian volcanic arc 1.2472-11-05Pollena
5 AkutanAleutian Arc 1340Akutan tephra
5 PagoBismarck Volcanic Arc 6310 CE ±100Witori-Kimbe 3 tephra
6 Mount Churchilleastern Alaska 10245 CE ±100WRAn
6 KsudachKamchatka 18.5240 CE ±100KS1
7 Taupo Volcano[1]Taupo Volcanic Zone 110 232 ± 5 CEHatepe eruption
5 FurnasSão Miguel Island, Azores 1.54165 CE ±157Tephra layer C
5 Mount VesuviusCampanian volcanic arc 3.2579-10-24?Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79
6 AmbrymVanuatu 7050 CEAmbrym Pyroclastic Series
6 ApoyequeCentral America Volcanic Arc, Nicaragua 1850 BCE
6 Okmok CalderaUmnak, Aleutian Arc 5076 BCE ±79Okmok II
6 Raoul IslandKermadec Islands 28.8250 BCEFleetwood
5 PopocatépetlTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 3.2305 BCE ±95I.A1 Yellow Pumice
5 Mount Meager massifGaribaldi Volcanic Belt ⩾ 1410 BCE ±200Bridge River eruption
5 Mount TarumaeHokkaidō 3.3500 BCETa-c
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 1.2530 BCEPs/Pu (Pine Creek)
5 Mount TongariroTaupo Volcanic Zone 1.2550 BCE
5 ShiveluchKamchatka 1780 BCESH5
5 Yantarni VolcanoSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc > 1800 BCE ±500
5 KhodutkaKamchatka 1.25930 BCE ±100KHD tephra
5 ShiveluchKamchatka > 1950 BCE
6 Mount PinatuboLuzon Volcanic Arc 12.51050 BCEMaraunot eruptive period
5 HeklaIceland 7.51100 BCE ±50H3 tephra
5 AvachinskyKamchatka 1.751350 BCETephra layer IIAV3
6 PagoBismarck Volcanic Arc 301370 BCE ±160Witori-Kimbe 2 tephra
6 Taupo VolcanoTaupo Volcanic Zone 171460 BCEWaimihia eruption
5 AvachinskyKamchatka ≥ 3.61500 BCETephra layer AV1
5 EtnaCampanian volcanic arc 11500 BCE ±50
6 Mount AniakchakSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 501541 BCE ±95Aniakchak II
7 Youngest Caldera, SantoriniSouth Aegean Volcanic Arc 1231610 BCEMinoan eruption
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 3.51770 BCE ±100Ye (Smith Creek)
6 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 15.31860 BCEYn (Smith Creek)
6 Mount HudsonAndes, Southern Volcanic Zone 1890 BCE
6 Black PeakSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 301900 BCE ±150
5 ShiveluchKamchatka > 12000 BCESHsp
5 Hayes VolcanoSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 8.12025 BCE ±250Hayes Tephra set H
6-7 Deception Island[9]South Shetland Islands 30-60 (DRE)2030 BCEOuter Coast Tuff
5 El ChichónChiapanecan Volcanic Arc 22030 BCE ±100Unit K (SI; Espindola 2000) Unit E (Macias 1997)
6 Long Island, PNGBismarck Volcanic Arc > 102040 BCEbiliau beds
5 RungweGreat Rift Valley, Tanzania 2.22050 BCERungwe pumice
5 Nishiyama, Hachijō-jimaIzu–Bonin–Mariana Arc 1.22050 BCEMitsune-7 scoria
5 ShiveluchKamchatka > 12100 BCESHsp
5 Phlegraean FieldsCampanian volcanic arc 1.82150 BCE ±4000Agnano Monte Spina
7 Paektu Mountain Balhae (China – North Korea border) 2264 BCE? Tianwenfeng eruption
5 Mount DanaSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 12293 BCE ±6031890 BCE eruption
7 Cerro Blanco (Argentina)Andes, Central Volcanic Zone 1722300 BCE
5 HeklaIceland 5.62310 BCE ±20H4 tephra
6 Mount VeniaminofSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc > 502304 BCE ±151V2
5 Mount St. HelensCascade Volcanic Arc 1.22340 BCEYb (Smith Creek)
5 Mount VesuviusCampanian volcanic arc 2.02420 BCE ±40Avellino eruption
5 ShiveluchKamchatka > 12620 BCESHdv
5 Mount Galunggung Sunda Arc, Java 1 2695 BCE ±203
5 Água de PauSão Miguel Island, Azores 5.42995 BCEFogo A
5 RabaulBismarck Volcanic Arc 2?3081 BCE ±182Talili Pyroclastics
5 AvachinskyKamchatka 1.53200 BCE ±150Tephra layer IAv20; AV3
5 Mount KirishimaKyūshū 3.13269 BCE ±688Mi-ike pyroclastic fall
5 Tolmachev DolKamchatka 13366 BCEOptr
5 Lake Numazawa[6]Honshū 4.713400 BCE
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 23500 BCE
5 Água de PauSão Miguel Island, Azores 13510 BCEPisão Formation
6 Mount PinatuboLuzon Volcanic Arc 12.53550 BCECrow Valley eruptive period
6 Taal VolcanoLuzon Volcanic Arc 503580 BCETaal scoria pyroclastic flow
5 Haroharo CalderaTaupo Volcanic Zone 2.83580 BCE
5 IlyinskyKamchatka 1.33594 BCE ±718ZLT-tephra; IL-tephra
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 23650 BCE
5 PopocatépetlTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⩾ 53700 BCE ±250I.A1 Yellow Pumice
6 Fisher CalderaUnimak, Aleutian Arc 14.33891 BCE ±92Turquoise Cone
6 PagoBismarck Volcanic Arc 104000 BCE ±210Witori-Kimbe 1 tephra
6 Masaya VolcanoCentral America Volcanic Arc, Nicaragua 4050 BCE
5 HeklaIceland 14110 BCE ±100Hekla Ö tephra
5 TowadaHonshū 9.184150 BCEeruption episode C
5 VestmannaeyjarIceland 1.34270 BCE ±180Saefell
5 AvachinskyKamchatka ≥ 44340 BCETephra layer IAv12; AV4
6-7 Macauley IslandKermadec Islands ⩽ 1004360 BCE
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 24400 BCE
5 Lake IkedaKyūshū 2.34450 BCEIkeda pumice
5 Nishiyama, Hachijō-jimaIzu–Bonin–Mariana Arc 1.24650 BCEMitsune-5 scoria
6 Mount HudsonAndes, Southern Volcanic Zone 4750 BCE
5 KaguyakSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc 3.94730 BCE ±430Caldera formation
5 KomagatakeHokkaidō 2 - 44850 BCEKo-g
5 KsudachKamchatka 7.54900 BCEKS2
5 TavuiBismarck Volcanic Arc 5.754946 BCE ±40Raluan Pyroclastics
5 HeklaIceland 1.75150 BCEH5 tephra
5 KsudachKamchatka 35200 BCEKS3
7 Kikai CalderaRyukyu Islands > 1705284 BCE ±69Akahoya eruption
5 IchinskyKamchatka 2.55400 BCE
5 Mount KirishimaKyūshū 1.25400 BCE ±250Ushinosune ash
5 ShiveluchKamchatka 1.25500 BCE
6 Lake MashūHokkaidō 18.65550 BCEMa-f/g/h/i/j
5 Mayor Island/TuhuaTaupo Volcanic Zone 5560 BCE
6 KhangarKamchatka 5700 BCE
7 Crater Lake
(as Mount Mazama)
Cascade Volcanic Arc 1205783 BCE ±49Mazama TephraCaldera formation
5-6 Crater LakeCascade Volcanic Arc > 95900 BCE ±50Lower Pumice, Llao Rock
6 KhangarKamchatka 155922 BCE ±50KHG tephra
5 AvachinskyKamchatka 95980 BCETephra layer IAv2
6 MenengaiEast African Rift 706050 BCE
5 Haroharo CalderaTaupo Volcanic Zone 6060 BCE
6 Mount AniakchakAleutian Arc 306300 BCE ±1250Aniakchak I
5 Lake NgoziGreat Rift Valley, Tanzania 76300 BCEKitulo pumice
6 Karkar IslandBismarck Volcanic Arc 206318 BCEWadau deposit
6 Tao-Rusyr CalderaOnekotan, Kuril Islands 556348 BCE ±90
5 KizimenKamchatka 4.96400 BCE ±50KZII
7 Kurile LakeKamchatka 155 6439 BCE ±23Ilinsky eruption
5 Mount VeniaminofSW Alaska, Aleutian Arc > 16550 BCE ±500V1
6 KarymskyKamchatka 14.56600 BCETephra layer KRM
5 ShiveluchKamchatka 1?6800 BCE
5 Mount VesuviusCampanian volcanic arc 5.16940 BCE ±100Mercato eruption
5 Makushin VolcanoUnalaska, Aleutian Arc 7.56953 BCE ±123
5 Mount TarumaeHokkaidō 1.97000 BCETa-d
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 27150 BCE
5 TowadaHonshū 2.517250 BCEeruption episode E
6 Okmok CalderaUmnak, Aleutian Arc 757276 BCE ±1180Okmok I
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 17300 BCE
5 ShiveluchKamchatka ≥ 27400 BCE
6 Morne Trois PitonsDominica, Lesser Antilles island arc 587441 BCE ±94PPR3 - Link fall
6 Mount PinatuboLuzon Volcanic Arc ⩾107460 BCETayawan caldera, Pasbul eruptive period
5 Lake RotomaTaupo Volcanic Zone 7560 BCE
5 Roundtop VolcanoUnimak, Aleutian Arc 77600 BCE ±500
5 Pico de OrizabaTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt > 17761 BCE ±191Upper Citlaltépetl ignimbrite
6 Água de PauSão Miguel Island, Azores 11.58000 BCEInner Caldera Formation
5 Koʻolau RangeHonolulu Volcanic Series 8000 BCE
7 Semisopochnoi IslandAleutian Arc 1208000 BCECaldera formation
5 TolbachikKamchatka 1.88050 BCE
5 KizimenKamchatka 48050 BCEKZI
5 Taupo VolcanoTaupo Volcanic Zone 8130 BCE
6 GrímsvötnIceland 158230 BCESaksunarvatn tephra
5 TowadaHonshū 1.38250 BCEeruption episode F
6 UlleungSouth Korea 28.58266 BCE ±39[10]Ulleungdo-Oki tephra
6 Lvinaya PastKuril Islands 758685 BCE ±71
7 Fisher CalderaUnimak, Aleutian Arc 1428722 BCE ±392Fisher Tuff Caldera formation
5 AskjaIceland 3.458880 BCE ±57Dyngjufjöll Tephra
6 LongonotGreat Rift Valley, Kenya 508910 BCE
5 Mount ShastaCascade Volcanic Arc > 2.4Red Banks Pumice
5 Mount TongariroTaupo Volcanic Zone 9450 BCE
5 Taupo VolcanoTaupo Volcanic Zone 9460 BCE
5 HijioriHonshū 2.39550 BCE
5 Mount TongariroTaupo Volcanic Zone 9650 BCE

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