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    The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a scale used to measure the size of explosive volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the...
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    Earth includes a list of major volcanic eruptions of approximately at least magnitude 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide...
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    vent and was strombolian in style. It is classed as having a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 2. The process creating the earthquakes of 1 and 2 July...
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  • This is a list of notable volcanic eruptions in the 16th to 20th centuries with a Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions...
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    The Global Volcanism Program assigned a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI; the higher the number, the more explosive) to 90 of Kīlauea's 96 known eruptions...
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    volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for...
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    eruption Volcanic explosivity index Mason, Ben G.; Pyle, David M.; Oppenheimer, Clive (2004-12-01). "The size and frequency of the largest explosive eruptions...
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    Mount Rinjani (category Volcanic crater lakes)
    Rinjani's hazard status to Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) Alert Level 2 (Yellow). During the last third of 2004, the number of volcanic and tectonic earthquakes...
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    This is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in...
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    catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa, a volcanic island in Lampung, which registered as a 6 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), and the tsunamis that ensued...
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    Phlegraean Fields' largest known eruptions have an estimated volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7. It is often called a supervolcano in popular media...
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    that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene (since about 11,650 years Before Present), with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or higher...
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    Tierra Blanca Joven eruption (category Ancient volcanic events)
    events on Earth in the past 7,000 years, registering at 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI), and dating back to the mid 5th century A.D. The eruption...
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  • that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8 Tuff cone – Landform of ejecta from a volcanic vent piled up in a conical shape...
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    Akahoya eruption (category Volcanic eruptions in Japan)
    332–457 km3 (80–110 cu mi) of volcanic material, giving it a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7. The Kikai Caldera had erupted around 94,000 years before...
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    Volcano (redirect from Volcanic)
    and phreatic eruptions. The intensity of explosive volcanism is expressed using the volcanic explosivity index (VEI), which ranges from 0 for Hawaiian-type...
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    (720 cu mi). This eruption places it at VEI-8 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, making it one of the most explosive volcanoes on Earth during the Pleistocene along...
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    the volcanic explosivity index (VEI). Effusive eruptions (VEI 1) of basaltic composition produce <105 m3 of ejecta, whereas extremely explosive eruptions...
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    Strombolian eruption is a type of volcanic eruption with relatively mild blasts, typically having a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1 or 2. Strombolian eruptions...
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  • Caldera (redirect from Volcanic caldera)
    eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8 Volcanic Explosivity Index – Predictive qualitative scale for explosiveness of volcanic eruptionsPages...
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    Tuff (redirect from Volcanic tuff)
    deposits of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, and it had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 8, greater than any eruption known in the last 10,000...
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    Mount Etna (category 17th-century volcanic events)
    the height of the volcanic cloud was estimated at 6.5 kilometers. The Global Volcanism Program has assigned a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) to all of...
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    index of 50,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) has been proposed as a cutoff for an ultra-Plinian eruption. In the criteria of Volcanic Explosivity...
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    Laacher See (category Volcanic crater lakes)
    volcanic field within the larger Volcanic Eifel. The lake was formed by a Plinian eruption approximately 13,000 years BP with a Volcanic Explosivity Index...
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    which were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history. With an estimated Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 6, the eruption was equivalent...
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    strength is the Volcanic Explosivity Index an order-of-magnitude scale, ranging from 0 to 8, that often correlates to eruptive types. Volcanic eruptions arise...
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    Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-12. "Volcanic Explosivity Index: Measuring the size of an eruption". geology.com. Archived from...
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    repeated. The inclusion criteria here only covers entries with a Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or greater. The given values for events in the Miocene...
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    1902 eruption of Santa María (category 20th-century volcanic events)
    largest eruptions of the 20th century, measuring a six on the volcanic explosivity index. The main eruption began on 24 October 1902 and lasted no more...
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    thickness regionally. The eruption is estimated to have had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7. It had 4–10 times the energy of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption...
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