The eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980 was quite large, but it was less than 2% of the size of the 1815 eruption of Tambora, which created the so called "year without a summer". In the last 11,700 years approximately 12 VEI 7 explosive volcanics eruption have occurred, and this video will rank 11 of them. #short #shorts #volcano #eruption

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Sources/Citations:
[1] VEIs, dates/years, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger without an asterisk after their name are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/controller.cfc?method=lameve, Used with Permission. Do note that ALL volcanoes VEIs and dates/years the eruption occurred at in this video were sourced from this video. However, select VEIs and DREs were sourced from source 2.
[2] VEIs and DREs of select volcanoes in this list labeled with source 2 were sourced from a scientific paper by: Karátson, D., Biró, T., Portnyagin, M. et al. Large-magnitude (VEI ≥ 7) ‘wet’ explosive silicic eruption preserved a Lower Miocene habitat at the Ipolytarnóc Fossil Site, North Hungary. Sci Rep 12, 9743 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13586-3, CC BY 4.0
[3] VEIs and DREs of the Rinjani volcano's 1257 CE eruption size was estimated based on the opinion of YouTube.com/GeologyHub estimate

Volcano Country Year VEI Bulk Tephra DRE Source
Kikai Japan 5284 BCE VEI 7 180.0 km^3 75.0 km^3 [1]
Crater Lake United States (Oregon) 5783 BCE VEI 7 176.0 km^3 61.0 km^3 [2]
Kurile Lake Russia 6437 BCE VEI 7 155.0 km^3 75.0 km^3 [1]
Fisher Caldera United States (Alaska) 8722 BCE VEI 7 142.0 km^3 55.0 km^3 [1]
Santorini Greece 1610 BCE VEI 7 123.0 km^3 82.0 km^3 [2]
Semisopochnoi United States (Alaska) 8000 BCE VEI 7 120.0 km^3 50.0 km^3 [1]
Cerro Blanco Argentina 2300 BCE VEI 7 110.0 km^3 48.0 km^3 [1]
Tambora Indonesia 1815 CE VEI 7 110.0 km^3 41.0 km^3 [1]
Kuwae Vanuatu 1452 CE VEI 7 108.0 km^3 45.0 km^3 [1]
Taupo New Zealand 232 CE VEI 7 105.0 km^3 30.0 km^3 [2]
Baekdu North Korea 946 CE VEI 7 100.0 km^3 30.0 km^3 [1]
Rinjani Indonesia 1257 CE VEI 7 100.0 km^3 29.0 km^3 [3]