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Plinian eruptions

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eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79

major eruption of stratovolcano in southern Italy

Plinian eruption

pyroclastic volcanic eruption similar to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Minoan eruption

major volcanic eruption around 1600 BCE

1883 eruption of Krakatoa

catastrophic volcanic eruption

2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

major volcanic eruption in Tonga that occurred on 15 January 2022

1707 eruption of Mount Fuji

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

volcanic eruption

1815 eruption of Mount Tambora

catastrophic volcanic eruption in present-day Indonesia

2017–2018 eruptions of Mount Agung

major volcanic eruptions in Bali, Indonesia

2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions

volcanic eruption in the Philippines

Oruanui eruption

world's most recent supereruption, of Taupo Volcano, New Zealand

Hatepe eruption

major volcanic eruption in New Zealand

1257 Samalas eruption

major eruption of the Samalas volcano in Indonesia

Campanian Ignimbrite eruption

VEI 7 Volcanic eruption around 40,000 years BP

1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo

volcanic eruption in the Philippines in 1991

946 eruption of Paektu Mountain

major volcanic eruption in Korea

Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1631

volcanic eruption

2011 eruption of Grímsvötn

mountain in Iceland

1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera

1886 volcanic eruption in New Zealand

Tenmei eruption

1783 eruption of Mount Asama

Lava Creek Tuff

rock formation in Wyoming, Montanan and Idaho

Avellino eruption

Plinian eruption of Vesuvius that created Avellino Pumice

Huckleberry Ridge Tuff

tuff formation in Wyoming and Idaho

1808/1809 mystery eruption

volcanic eruption in southwest Pacific

Mesa Falls Tuff

volcanic formation in Idaho, United States

2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption

Volcanic eruption in Chile

Akahoya eruption

ultra-Plinian eruption in Kyushu, Japan, at around 6,500 BP