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2007-03-14 00:55:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The greatest explosions are:-
(1) 1912-Katmai (Alaska)
(2) Krakatoa (Inndonesia)
(3) Mt.Vesuvius
2007-03-14 01:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Himalayan Mystic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Toba eruption (the Toba adventure [a million]) befell at what's now Lake Toba approximately 7c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b,500 ± 4000 years in the past. It had an predicted Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, making it the main cutting-edge supervolcano eruption and probably the biggest volcanic eruption in the final 2 million years. bill Rose and Craig Chesner of Michigan Technological college deduced that the whole volume of erupted textile become approximately 2800 cubic km (670 cubic miles) — around 2000 km³ of ignimbrite that flowed over the floor and around 800 km³ that fell as ash, with the wind blowing maximum of it to the west
2016-11-25 19:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Biggest recorded was Krakota. However there is evidence of larger super volcanoes erupting over the Earths History.
Yellowstone Park, The Great African Rift are two.
2007-03-14 01:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most volcanologist give the June 1912 eruption of Katmai that distinction. Katmai is located along the Alaska Peninsula. About ten cubic kilometers of material was erupted from Katmai in 1912.
2007-03-14 01:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mount Pinatubo is thee biggest eruption of the 20th century
flood basalts were pretty big eg. Deccan Traps
they helped wipe out the Dino's
and the Siberian traps coincide with the Permian extinction (biggest extinction)
another large eruption I know of was at Yellowstone about 2.2 million years ago. It produced 2,500 cubic kilometers of ash (about 2,500 times more than Mount St. Helens).
2007-03-14 05:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by Hzl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Krakatoa
2007-03-14 01:18:00 · answer #6 · answered by Leanne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thera (Santorini) had a big one apparently wiped out the Minoans, or at least so I was told in a lecture there last summer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thera_eruption
and I have swam in the crater which was nice
2007-03-14 04:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by Shane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mount etna and stromboli
see here:
http://www.volcanoetna.net
2007-03-14 02:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by etna_enrico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but when the big one under Yellowstone goes again you can kiss goodbye to most of the USA and Canada, probably bits of Mexico too.
2007-03-14 01:16:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was when Krakatoa in Indonesia erupted, it was felt in London
2007-03-14 01:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋