# List of Quaternary volcanic eruptions

This article is a list of historical volcanic eruptions of approximately magnitude 6 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Holocene, and Pleistocene eruptions of the Decade Volcanoes (Avachinsky–Koryaksky, Kamchatka; Colima, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt; Mount Etna, Sicily; Galeras, Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone; Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Mount Merapi, Central Java; Mount Nyiragongo, East African Rift; Mount Rainier, Washington; Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture; Santamaria/ Santiaguito, Central America Volcanic Arc; Santorini, Cyclades; Taal Volcano, Luzon Volcanic Arc; Teide, Canary Islands; Ulawun, New Britain; Mount Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture; Mount Vesuvius, Naples); Campania, Italy; South Aegean Volcanic Arc; Laguna de Bay, Luzon Volcanic Arc; Mount Pinatubo, Luzon Volcanic Arc; Toba, Sunda Arc; Mount Meager massif, Garibaldi Volcanic Belt; Yellowstone hotspot, Wyoming; and Taupō Volcanic Zone, greater than VEI 4.
The eruptions in the Holocene on the link: Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka were not added yet, but they are listed on the Peter L. Ward's supplemental table. Some of the eruptions are not listed on the Global Volcanism Program timetable as well, at least not as VEI 6. The timetables of Global Volcanism Program; Bristlecone pine tree-rings (Pinus longaeva, Pinus aristata, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus edulis, Pseudotsuga menziesii); the 4 ka Yamal Peninsula Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) chronology; the 7 ka Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) chronology from Finnish Lapland; GISP2 ice core; GRIP ice core; Dye 3 ice core; Bipolar comparison; Antarctic ice core (Bunder and Cole-Dai, 2003); Antarctic ice core (Cole-Dai et al., 1997); Crête ice core, in central Greenland, benthic foraminifera in deep sea sediment cores (Lisiecki, Raymo 2005), do not agree with each other sometimes. The 536–547 AD dust-veil event might be an impact event.

## Holocene eruptions

The Holocene epoch begins 11,700 years BP, (10 000 $^{14}$C years ago)

### Since 2000 AD

| Name and area | Date | VEI | Products | Notes |
| Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, Tonga | 2022 | 6 | 6.5 km$^3$ (dense-rock equivalent) of tephra | The largest eruption of the 21st century |
| Ruang, north sulawesi indonesia | 2024 | 5 | | |
| Chaiten, Southern Chile | 2008 | 5 | | |
| Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Southern Chile | 2011 | 5 | |

### 1000–2000 AD

| Name and area | Date | VEI | Products | Notes |
| Pinatubo, island of Luzon, Philippines | 1991, Jun 15 | 6 | 6 to 16 km$^3$ (1.4 to 3.8 cu mi) of tephra | an estimated 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted |
| Mount St. Helens, Washington state, USA | 1980, May 18 | 5 | 1 to 1.1 km$^3$ (0.2 to 0.3 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Novarupta, Alaska Peninsula | 1912, Jun 6 | 6 | 13 to 15 km$^3$ (3.1 to 3.6 cu mi) of lava | |
| Santa Maria, Guatemala | 1902, Oct 24 | 6 | 20 km$^3$ (4.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Tarawera, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 1886, Jun 10 | 5 | 2 km$^3$ (0.48 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Krakatoa, Indonesia | 1883, August 26–27 | 6 | 21 km$^3$ (5.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Tambora, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia | 1815, Apr 10 | 7 | 160–213 km$^3$ (38–51 cu mi) of tephra | an estimated 10–120 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted, produced the "Year Without a Summer" |
| 1808 ice core event | Unknown eruption near equator, magnitude roughly half Tambora | Unknown eruption near equator, magnitude roughly half Tambora | Unknown eruption near equator, magnitude roughly half Tambora | Emission of sulfur dioxide around the amount of the 1815 Tambora eruption (ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland). |
| 1808 ice core event | 1808 | Major eruptions in Urzelina, Azores (Urzelina eruption, fissure vent), Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Taal Volcano, Philippines. | Major eruptions in Urzelina, Azores (Urzelina eruption, fissure vent), Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Taal Volcano, Philippines. | Major eruptions in Urzelina, Azores (Urzelina eruption, fissure vent), Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Taal Volcano, Philippines. | Major eruptions in Urzelina, Azores (Urzelina eruption, fissure vent), Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Taal Volcano, Philippines. |
| Note: Thompson Island, northeast of Bouvet Island, South Atlantic Ocean, disappeared in the 19th century, if it ever existed. |||||
| Grímsvötn, Northeastern Iceland | 1783–1784 | 6 | | |
| Laki | 1783–1784 | 6 | 14 cubic kilometres of lava | an estimated 120 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted, produced a Volcanic winter, 1783, on the North Hemisphere. |
| Long Island (Papua New Guinea), northeast of New Guinea | 1660 ±20 | 6 | 30 km$^3$ (7.2 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Kolumbo, Santorini, Greece | 1650, Sep 27 | 6 | 60 km$^3$ (14.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Huaynaputina, Peru | 1600, Feb 19 | 6 | 30 km$^3$ (7.2 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Billy Mitchell, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea | 1580 ±20 | 6 | 14 km$^3$ (3.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Bárðarbunga, Northeastern Iceland | 1477 | 6 | 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| 1452–53 ice core event, New Hebrides arc, Vanuatu. Location is uncertain, may be Kuwae | | | 36 to 96 km$^3$ (8.6 to 23.0 cu mi) of tephra | 175–700 million tons of sulfuric acid; only small pyroclastic flows are found at Kuwae |
| Mount Tarawera, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 1310 ± 12 | 5 | 5 km$^3$ (1.2 cu mi) of tephra (Kaharoa eruption) | |
| Quilotoa, Ecuador | 1280(?) | 6 | 21 km$^3$ (5.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Samalas volcano, Rinjani Volcanic Complex, Lombok Island, Indonesia | 1257 | 7 | 40 km$^3$ (dense-rock equivalent) of tephra | 1257 Samalas eruption; Arctic and Antarctic ice cores provide compelling evidence to link the ice core sulfate spike of 1258/1259 A.D. to this volcano. |

### 1 to 1000 AD

| Tianchi eruption, Paektu Mountain, border of North Korea and China | 946 AD | 6 | 40 to 98 km$^3$ (9.6 to 23.5 cu mi) of tephra | Also known as Millennium Eruption of Changbaishan |
| Eldgjá eruption, Laki system, Iceland | 934–940 AD | 6 | Estimated 18 km$^3$ (4.3 cu mi) of lava | Estimated 219 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted |
| Ceboruco, Northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 930 AD ±200 | 6 | 11 km$^3$ (2.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Dakataua, Northern tip of the Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea | 800 AD ±50 | 6? | 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi)? of tephra | |
| Pago, East of Kimbe, New Britain, Papua New Guinea: Witori Caldera | 710 AD ±75 | 6 | 30 km$^3$ (7.2 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Churchill, eastern Alaska | 700 AD ±200 | 6 | 20 km$^3$ (4.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Rabaul, Rabaul Caldera, New Britain | 540 AD ±100 | 6 | 11 km$^3$ (2.6 cu mi) of tephra | Volcanic winter of 536? |
| Ilopango, El Salvador | 431 AD ±2, or 539/540 AD | 7 | 106.5 km3 (25.5 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Ksudach, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 240 AD ±100 | 6 | 20 to 26 km$^3$ (4.8 to 6.2 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Hatepe eruption of Taupō Volcano, New Zealand | 230 AD ±16 | 7 | 120 km$^3$ (29 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Vesuvius, Italy | 79 AD Oct 24 (?) | 5? | 2.8 to 3.8 km$^3$ (0.7 to 0.9 cu mi) of tephra | Pompeii eruption |
| Mount Churchill, eastern Alaska | 60 AD ±200 | 6 | 25 km$^3$ (6.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Ambrym, Vanuatu | 50 AD ±100 | 6 | 60 to 80 km$^3$ (14.4 to 19.2 cu mi) of tephra | |

### Before the Common Era (BC/BCE)

| Name and area | Date | VEI | Products | Notes |
| Okmok, Okmok Caldera, Aleutian Islands | 44 BC | 6 | 40 to 60 km$^3$ (9.6 to 14.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Apoyeque, Nicaragua | 50 BC ±100 | 6 | 18 km$^3$ (4.3 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 250 BC ±75 | 6 | more than 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Meager massif, Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, Canada | 400 BC ±50 | 5 | | |
| Mount Tongariro, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 550 BC ±200 | 5 | 1.2 km$^3$ (0.29 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Pinatubo, island of Luzon, Philippines | 1050 BC ±500 | 6 | 10 to 16 km$^3$ (2.4 to 3.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Avachinsky, Kamchatka | 1350 BC (?) | 5 | more than 1.2 km$^3$ (0.29 cu mi) of tephra | tephra layer IIAV3 |
| Pago, east of Kimbe, New Britain, Papua New Guinea: Witori Caldera | 1370 BC ±100 | 6 | 30 km$^3$ (7.2 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Taupō, New Zealand | 1460 BC ±40 | 6 | 17 km$^3$ (4.1 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Avachinsky, Kamchatka | 1500 BC (?) | 5 | more than 3.6 km$^3$ (0.86 cu mi) of tephra | tephra layer AV1 |
| Santorini (Thera), Greece, Youngest Caldera: Minoan eruption | 1610 BC ±14 years | 7 | 123 km$^3$ (30 cu mi) of tephra | Ended the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri and the Minoan age on Crete |
| Mount Aniakchak, Alaska Peninsula | 1645 BC ±10 | 6 | more than 50 km$^3$ (12 cu mi) of tephra | Severe global cooling |
| Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula | 1750 BC (?) | 6 | more than 50 km$^3$ (12 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA | 1860 BC (?) | 6 | 15 km$^3$ (3.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Hudson, Cerro, Southern Chile | 1890 BC (?) | 6 | more than 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Black Peak, Alaska Peninsula | 1900 BC ±150 | 6 | 10 to 50 km$^3$ (2.4 to 12.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Long Island (Papua New Guinea), Northeast of New Guinea | 2040 BC ± 100 | 6 | more than 11 km$^3$ (2.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Vesuvius, Italy | 2420 BC ±40 | 5? | 3.9 km$^3$ (0.94 cu mi) of tephra | Avellino eruption |
| Avachinsky, Kamchatka | 3200 BC ±150 | 5 | more than 1.1 km$^3$ (0.26 cu mi) of tephra | tephra layer IAv20 AV3 |
| Pinatubo, island of Luzon, Philippines | 3550 BC (?) | 6 | 10 to 16 km$^3$ (2.4 to 3.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Talisay (Taal) caldera (size: 15 x 20 km), island of Luzon, Philippines | 3580 BC ±200 | 7 | 150 km$^3$ (36 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Haroharo Caldera, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 3580 BC ±50 | 5 | 2.8 km$^3$ (0.67 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Pago, New Britain | 4000 BC ± 200 | 6? | 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi)? of tephra | |
| Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua | 4050 BC (?) | 6 | more than 13 km$^3$ (3.1 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Avachinsky, Kamchatka | 4340 BC ±75 | 5 | more than 1.3 km$^3$ (0.31 cu mi) of tephra | tephra layer IAv12 AV4 |
| Macauley Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 4360 BC ±200 | 6 | 100 km$^3$ (24 cu mi)? of tephra | |
| Mount Hudson, Cerro, Southern Chile | 4750 BC (?) | 6 | 18 km$^3$ (4.3 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Aniakchak, Alaska Peninsula | 5250 BC ±1000 | 6 | 10 to 50 km$^3$ (2.4 to 12.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Kikai Caldera (size: 19 km), Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Akahoya eruption | 5350 BC (?) | 7 | 80 to 220 km$^3$ (19.2 to 52.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mashu, Hokkaido, Japan | 5550 BC ±100 | 6 | 19 km$^3$ (4.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Tao-Rusyr Caldera, Kuril Islands | 5550 BC ±75 | 6 | 30 to 36 cubic kilometers (7.2 to 8.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mayor Island / Tūhua, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 5060 BC ±200 | 5 | 1.6 km$^3$ (0.38 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Crater Lake (Mount Mazama), Oregon, USA | 5677 BC ±150 | 7 | 150 km$^3$ (36 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Khangar, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 5700 BC ± 16 | 6 | 14 to 16 km$^3$ (3.4 to 3.8 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Crater Lake (Mount Mazama), Oregon, USA | 5900 BC ± 50 | 6 | 8 to 28 km$^3$ (1.9 to 6.7 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Avachinsky, Kamchatka | 5980 BC ±100 | 5 | more than 8 to 10 km$^3$ (1.9 to 2.4 cu mi) of tephra | tephra layer IAv1 |
| Menengai, East African Rift, Kenya | 6050 BC (?) | 6 | 70 km$^3$ (17 cu mi)? of tephra | |
| Haroharo Caldera, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 6060 BC ±50 | 5 | 1.2 km$^3$ (0.29 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Sakurajima, island of Kyūshū, Japan: Aira Caldera | 6200 BC ±1000 | 6 | 12 km$^3$ (2.9 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Kurile Caldera (size: 8 x 14 km), Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 6440 BC ± 25 years | 7 | 140 to 170 km$^3$ (33.6 to 40.8 cu mi) of tephra | Ilinsky eruption |
| Karymsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 6600 BC (?) | 6 | 50 to 350 km$^3$ (12.0 to 84.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Vesuvius, Italy | 6940 BC ±100 | 5? | 2.75 to 2.85 km$^3$ (0.7 to 0.7 cu mi) of tephra | Mercato eruption |
| Fisher Caldera, Unimak Island, Aleutian Islands | 7420 BC ±200 | 6 | more than 50 km$^3$ (12 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Pinatubo, island of Luzon, Philippines | 7460 BC ±150 | 6–7? | | |
| Lvinaya Past, Kuril Islands | 7480 BC ±50 | 6 | 7 to 8 km$^3$ (1.7 to 1.9 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Rotomā Caldera, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 7560 BC ±18 | 5 | more than 5.6 km$^3$ (1.3 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcano, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 8130 BC ±200 | 5 | 4.7 km$^3$ (1.1 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Grímsvötn, Northeastern Iceland | 8230 BC ±50 | 6 | more than 15 km$^3$ (3.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Ulleung, Korea | 8750 BC (?) | 6 | more than 10 km$^3$ (2.4 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Tongariro, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 9450 BC (?) | 5 | 1.7 km$^3$ (0.41 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcano, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 9460 BC ±200 | 5 | 1.4 km$^3$ (0.34 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Mount Tongariro, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand | 9650 BC (?) | 5 | 1.6 km$^3$ (0.38 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Nevado de Toluca, State of Mexico, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 10.5 ka | 6 | 14 km$^3$ (3.4 cu mi) of tephra | Upper Toluca Pumice |
| GISP2 ice core event | 11.258 ka | | | |

## Pleistocene eruptions

2.588 ± 0.005 million years BP, the Quaternary period and Pleistocene epoch begin.
| Name and area | Date | VEI | Products | Notes |
| GISP2 ice core event | 12.657 ka | | | |
| Eifel hotspot, Laacher See, Vulkan Eifel, Germany | 12.900 ka | 6 | 6 km$^3$ (1.4 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Mount Vesuvius, Italy | 16 ka | 5 | | Green Pumice |
| Mount Vesuvius, Italy | 18.3 ka | 6 | | Basal Pumice |
| Santorini (Thera), Greece: Cape Riva Caldera | about 21 ka | | | |
| Aira Caldera, south of the island of Kyūshū, Japan | about 22 ka | 7 | more than 400 km$^3$ (96.0 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Oruanui eruption, Taupō Volcano, New Zealand | around 25.6 ka | 8 | Approximately 1,170 km$^3$ (280.7 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Laguna Caldera (size: 10 x 20 km), South-East of Manila, island of Luzon | 27–29 ka | | | |
| Alban Hills, Rome, Italy | 36 ka | 4 | Peperino Ignimbrite of Albano Maar | Sedimentation and mobility of PDCs: a reappraisal of ignimbrites’ aspect ratio |
| Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy | 39.280 ka ± 0.11 | | 200 cubic kilometres of lava | Campanian Tuff |
| Galeras, Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone, Colombian department of Nariño | 40 ka | | 2 km$^3$ (0.5 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Rotoiti Ignimbrite, North Island, New Zealand | about 50 ka | 7 | about 240 km$^3$ (57.6 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Santorini (Thera), Greece: Skaros Caldera | about 70 ka | | | |
| Lake Toba (size: 100 x 30 km), Sumatra, Indonesia | 73.7 ka ± 0.3 | 8 | 2,500 to 3,000 km$^3$ (599.8 to 719.7 cu mi) of tephra | estimated 150 to 1,000 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted (Youngest Toba Tuff). |
| Aso Caldera, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | 90 ka | 8 | 930 to 1,860 km$^3$ (223.1 to 446.2 cu mi) of tephra | The largest known eruption in Japan |
| Yellowstone hotspot: Yellowstone Caldera | between 70 and 150 ka | | 1,000 km$^3$ (239.9 cu mi) intracaldera rhyolitic lava flows. | |
| Galeras, Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone, Colombian department of Nariño | 150 ka | | 2 km$^3$ (0.5 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Kos-Nisyros Caldera, Greece | 161 ka | | 110 km$^3$ (26 cu mi) | Kos Plateau Tuff. |
| Taal Caldera, island of Luzon, Philippines | between 500 and 100 ka | 6 | ? | 6 Explosive Eruptions formed multiple overlapping calderas. |
| Santorini (Thera), Greece: Southern Caldera | about 180 ka | | | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Rotorua Caldera (size: 22 km wide), New Zealand | 220 ka | | more than 340 km$^3$ (81.6 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Maroa Caldera (size: 16 x 25 km), New Zealand | 230 ka | | 140 km$^3$ (33.6 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Reporoa Caldera (size: 10 x 15 km), New Zealand | 230 ka | 7 | around 100 km$^3$ (24.0 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Whakamaru Caldera (size: 30 x 40 km), North Island, New Zealand | around 254 ka | 8 | 1,200 to 2,000 km$^3$ (288 to 480 cu mi) of tephra | Whakamaru Ignimbrite/Mount Curl Tephra |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Matahina Ignimbrite, Haroharo Caldera, North Island, New Zealand | 280 ka | 7 | about 120 km$^3$ (28.8 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Alban Hills, Rome, Italy | 365–351 ka | 6 | Villa Senni Ignimbrite >50km3 | Volcanoes of the World: Third Edition |
| Sabatini volcanic complex, Sabatini, Italy | 374 ka | 7 | more than 200 km$^3$ (48 cu mi) | Morphi tephra. |
| Roccamonfina Caldera (size: 65 x 55 km), Roccamonfina, Italy | 385 ka | | 100 to 125 km$^3$ (24.0 to 30.0 cu mi) of tephra. | |
| Alban Hills, Rome, Italy | 407–398 ka | 6 | Pozzolane Nere Ignimbrite | |
| Alban Hills, Rome, Italy | 456–439 ka | 7 | Pozzolane Rosse Tephritic Ignimbrite >50km3 | Sedimentation and mobility of PDCs: a reappraisal of ignimbrites’ aspect ratio |
| Maipo (volcano), Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile | 450–500 ka | 7 | Diamante Caldera | |
| Galeras, Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone, Colombian department of Nariño | 560 ka | | 15 km$^3$ (3.6 cu mi) of tephra | |
| Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia | 501 ka ±5 | | | Middle Toba Tuff |
| Yellowstone hotspot: Yellowstone Caldera (size: 45 x 85 km) | 640 ka | 8 | more than 1,000 km$^3$ (240 cu mi) of tephra | Lava Creek Tuff |
| Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia | 840 ka ±30 | | | Oldest Toba Tuff |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Mangakino Caldera, North Island, New Zealand | 0.97 Ma | | more than 300 km$^3$ (72.0 cu mi) | Rocky Hill Ignimbrite |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Mangakino Caldera, North Island, New Zealand | 1.01 Ma | | more than 300 km$^3$ (72.0 cu mi) | Unit E |
| Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia | 1.2 ±0.16 Ma | | | Haranggoal Dacite Tuff |
| Taupō Volcanic Zone, Mangakino Caldera, North Island, New Zealand | 1.23 Ma | | more than 300 km$^3$ (72.0 cu mi) | Ongatit Ignimbrite |
| Yellowstone hotspot: Henry's Fork Caldera (size: 16 km wide) | 1.3 Ma | 7 | 280 km$^3$ (67.2 cu mi) | Mesa Falls Tuff. |
| Yellowstone hotspot: Island Park Caldera (size: 100 x 50 km) | 2.1 Ma | 8 | 2,450 km$^3$ (588 cu mi) | Huckleberry Ridge Tuff. |
| Cerro Galán Caldera, Argentina (size: 35 x 20 km) | 2.2 Ma | 8 | 1,000 km$^3$ (240 cu mi) of dacitic magma. | |