List of Quaternary volcanic eruptions


This article is a list of volcanic eruptions of approximately magnitude 6 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Holocene, and Pleistocene eruptions of the Decade Volcanoes ; Campania, Italy; South Aegean Volcanic Arc; Laguna de Bay, Luzon Volcanic Arc; Mount Pinatubo, Luzon Volcanic Arc; Toba, Sunda Arc; Mount Meager massif, Garibaldi Volcanic Belt; Yellowstone hotspot, Wyoming; and Taupo Volcanic Zone, greater than VEI 4.
The eruptions in the Holocene on the link: were not added yet, but they are listed on the Peter L. Ward's supplemental table. Some of the eruptions are not listed on the Global Volcanism Program timetable as well, at least not as VEI 6. The timetables of Global Volcanism Program; Bristlecone pine tree-rings ; the 4 ka Yamal Peninsula Siberian larch chronology; the 7 ka Scots pine chronology from Finnish Lapland; GISP2 ice core; GRIP ice core; Dye 3 ice core; Bipolar comparison; Antarctic ice core ; Antarctic ice core ; Crête ice core, in central Greenland, benthic foraminifera in deep sea sediment cores, do not agree with each other sometimes. The 536–547 AD dust-veil event might be an impact event.

Holocene eruptions

The Holocene epoch begins 11,700 years BP,

Since 2000 AD

1000–2000 AD

1 to 1000 AD

Tianchi eruption, Paektu Mountain, border of North Korea and China946 AD7 of tephraAlso known as Millennium Eruption of Changbaishan
Eldgjá eruption, Laki system, Iceland934-940 AD4Estimated of lavaEstimated 219 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted
Ceboruco, Northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt930 AD ±2006 of tephra
Dakataua, Northern tip of the Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea800 AD ±506?? of tephra
Pago, East of Kimbe, New Britain, Papua New Guinea: Witori Caldera710 AD ±756 of tephra
Mount Churchill, eastern Alaska700 AD ±2006 of tephra
Rabaul, Rabaul Caldera, New Britain540 AD ±1006 of tephra
Ilopango, El Salvador539 or 540 AD7106.5 km3 of tephra
Ksudach, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia240 AD ±l006 of tephra
Taupo Volcanic Zone, Hatepe eruption of Taupo Volcano, New Zealand230 AD ±167 of tephra
Mount Vesuvius, Italy79 AD Oct 24 5? of tephraPompeii eruption
Mount Churchill, eastern Alaska60 AD ±2006 of tephra
Ambrym, Vanuatu50 AD ±1006 of tephra

Before the Common Era (BC/BCE)

Pleistocene eruptions

2.588 ± 0.005 million years BP, the Quaternary period and Pleistocene epoch begin.

Nomenclature

Each state/ country seem to have a slightly different approach, but there is an order:
In the Basin and Range Province the volcanic fields are nested. The McDermit volcanic field, is also named Orevada rift volcanic field. The Latir-Questa volcanic locus and the Taos Plateau volcanic field seem to be in a similar area. The Southwest Nevada volcanic field, the Crater Flat-Lunar Crater volcanic zone, the Central Nevada volcanic field, the Indian Peak volcanic field and the Marysvale volcanic field seem to have no transition between each other; the Ocate volcanic field is also known as the Mora volcanic field; and the Red Hill volcanic field is also known as Quemado volcanic field.