Supervolcano
VEI 7

Supervolcano

Section Title: VEI 7
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Name	Zone	Location	Event / notes	Years ago before 1950 (Approx.)	Ejecta volume (Approx.)

Mount Tambora	Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara	Indonesia	This eruption took place in 1815. 1816 became known as the Year Without a Summer.	135	120 km3

Mount Samalas	Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara	Indonesia	1257 Samalas eruption. Possible trigger of the Little Ice Age.	693	130 km3[vague]

Baekdu Mountain	Control by Baikal Rift Zone	China/North Korea	One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 2,000 years. 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain (Millennium Eruption).	1,004	100–120 km3

Taupo Volcano (Lake Taupo)	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	Hatepe eruption AD 232	1,718	120 km3

Thera (Santorini caldera)	South Aegean Volcanic Arc	Greece, Santorini	Minoan eruption BC 1,641 (±12)	3,591	100 km3

Kikai Caldera	Japan, Ryukyu Islands	Akahoya eruption 5,300 BC	7,300	170 km3

Macauley Island	Kermadec Islands	New Zealand	Macauley Island 8,300 to 6,300 years ago	6,300	100 km3

Mount Mazama (Crater Lake)	Cascade Volcanic Arc	U.S., Oregon	Partially responsible for the formation of Crater Lake.	6,578	100 km3

Kurile Lake	Kamchatka Peninsula	Russia	Kurile Lake 6,440 BC	10,500	140–170 km3

Aira Caldera	Japan, Kyūshū	Aira-Tanzawa ash	30,000	450 km3

Campanian Ignimbrite eruption	Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields)	Italy, Naples	39,280	300 km3*

Rotoiti Ignimbrite	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	Rotoiti Ignimbrite	50,000	240 km3

Lake Maninjau	Lake Maninjau, West Sumatra	Indonesia	52,000	220–250 km³

Aso Caldera	Japan, Kyūshū	Aso-4 pyroclastic flow	90,000	600 km3

Reporoa Caldera	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	230,000	100 km3

Mamaku Ignimbrite	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	Rotorua Caldera	240,000	280 km3

Matahina Ignimbrite	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	Haroharo Caldera	280,000	120 km3

Mount Aso	Japan, Kyūshū	Four large eruptions between 300,000 and 80,000 years ago.	300,000	600 km3

Long Valley Caldera	Bishop Tuff	U.S., California	760,000	600 km3

Mangakino	Taupo Volcanic Zone	New Zealand, North Island	Three eruptions from 0.97 to 1.23 million years ago	970,000	300 km3

Valles Caldera	Jemez volcanic field	U.S., New Mexico	Two eruptions at 1.25 and 1.61 million years ago	1,250,000	600 km3

Henry's Fork Caldera	Yellowstone hotspot Mesa Falls Tuff	U.S., Idaho	Yellowstone hotspot	1,300,000	280 km3

Karymshina	Kamchatka	Russia	1,780,000	825 km3

Pastos Grandes Ignimbrite	Pastos Grandes Caldera	Bolivia	2,900,000	820 km3

Heise Volcanic Field	Yellowstone hotspot Walcott Tuff	U.S., Idaho	Yellowstone hotspot	6,400,000	750 km3

Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera	Yellowstone hotspot	U.S., Idaho	Yellowstone hotspot Responsible for the Ashfall Fossil Beds 1,600 km to the east	11,830,000	950 km3

Cerro Panizos	Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex	Argentina, Bolivia	12,000,000	250 km3

Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex	Skukum Group	Canada, British Columbia/Yukon	50,000,000	850 km3

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