2007-11-24 02:00:15 · 5 answers · asked by apooanswers 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Either Santorini off the coast of Greece in the Mediterranean or Krakatoa (or Krakatua) in Indonesia near Jakarta in the Pacific Ocean.
both resulted in global climate changes for years, changed or obliterated the volcanic island that used to be there, created widespread tsunamis.
The eruption of Santorini in Greece in 1,650 B.C. was one of the largest (VEI=6) in the last 10,000 years. About 7 cubic miles (30 cubic km) of rhyodacite magma was erupted. The plinian column during the initial phase of the eruption was about 23 miles (36 km) high. The removal of such a large volume of magma caused the volcano to collapse, producing a caldera. Ash fell over a large area in the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey. The eruption probably caused the end of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete.
Krakatau volcano lies in the Sunda strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra. In about 416 A.D., caldera collapse destroyed the volcano and formed a 4-mile (7-km) wide caldera. The islands of Krakatau, Verlaten, and Lang are remnants of this volcano. The eruption and collapse of the caldera in 1883 produced one of the largest explosions on Earth in recorded time (VEI=6) and destroyed much of Krakatau island, leaving only a remnant. Since 1927, small eruptions have been frequent and have constructed a new island, Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau). Image courtesy of the Landsat Pathfinder Project.
2007-11-24 02:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the biggest volcanic eruption ever to happen in in history is toba that erupted 75,000 years ago. toba, in indonesia was once a stratovolcano but is now a huge caldera filled with a lake that is visible from space on the island of sumatra.when Toba erupted ,it released tons of pyroclastic debris into the atmosphere that could have triggered an ice age,because the pyroclastic aerosols contained sulphur dioxide,which blocked out the sun light and circled the globe for years. if toba ever erupted again, there would be a phreatomagmaic eruption,(water to magma) and the results would be catastrophic,as today's world contains allot more life,and it would probably trigger an ice age.
2007-11-24 11:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Krakatoa in 1882.
2007-11-24 04:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by Renaissance Kid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Italy it killed people all the way in Pompeii!
2007-11-24 02:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by jenae24_d 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
probably the one which created Yellowstone park
2007-11-24 09:52:48 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋