Supervolcano
VEI 7
Table:
VEI 7 eruptions have happened in the following locations.

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][citation needed]

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
[23]

Thera (Santorini caldera)

South Aegean Volcanic Arc

Greece, Santorini

Minoan eruption BC 1,641 (±12)

3,591

100 km3
[27]

Kikai Caldera

Japan, Ryukyu Islands

Akahoya eruption 5,300 BC

7,300[28]

170 km3

Macauley Island

Kermadec Islands

New Zealand

Macauley Island 8,300 to 6,300 years ago

6,300

100 km3
[29][30]

Mount Mazama (Crater Lake)

Cascade Volcanic Arc

U.S., Oregon

Partially responsible for the formation of Crater Lake.

6,578

100 km3
[31]

Kurile Lake

Kamchatka Peninsula

Russia

Kurile Lake
6,440 BC

10,500

140–170 km3
[32]

Aira Caldera

Japan, Kyūshū

Aira-Tanzawa ash

30,000[28]

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
[33]

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
[34]

Mamaku Ignimbrite

Taupo Volcanic Zone

New Zealand, North Island

Rotorua Caldera

240,000

280 km3
[35]

Matahina Ignimbrite

Taupo Volcanic Zone

New Zealand, North Island

Haroharo Caldera

280,000

120 km3
[36]

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
[37]

Valles Caldera

Jemez volcanic field

U.S., New Mexico

Two eruptions at 1.25 and 1.61 million years ago

1,250,000
[38]

600 km3
[39]

Henry's Fork Caldera

Yellowstone hotspot
Mesa Falls Tuff

U.S., Idaho

Yellowstone hotspot

1,300,000

280 km3
[16]

Karymshina

Kamchatka

Russia

1,780,000
[40]

825 km3
[41]

Pastos Grandes Ignimbrite

Pastos Grandes Caldera

Bolivia

2,900,000

820 km3
[42]

Heise Volcanic Field

Yellowstone hotspot
Walcott Tuff

U.S., Idaho

Yellowstone hotspot

6,400,000

750 km3
[19]

Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera

Yellowstone hotspot

U.S., Idaho

Yellowstone hotspot
Responsible for the Ashfall Fossil Beds 1,600 km to the east[43]

11,830,000
[44]

950 km3
[45]

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
[46]

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