VEI 7
VEI-7 volcanic events, less colossal but still supermassive, have occurred in the geological past. The only ones in historic times are Tambora, in 1815, Lake Taupo, Hatepe, around 180 CE, and possibly Baekdu Mountain, 969 CE ± 20 years.
| Name | Zone | Location | Event / notes | Years Ago (Approx.) | Ejecta Volume (Approx.) |
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| Tambora | Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara | Indonesia | 1815 CE The following year, 1816, became known as the Year Without a Summer | 197 | 160 km³ |
| Baekdu Mountain | China / North Korea | 969 CE Baekdu Mountain. Ejecta ±19 | 1,030 | 96 km³ | |
| Lake Taupo | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | Hatepe eruption 181 CE | 1,800 | 120 km³ |
| Kikai Caldera | Japan, Ryukyu Islands | Kikai Caldera 4,300 BCE |
6,300 | 150 km³ | |
| Macauley Island | Kermadec Islands | New Zealand | Macauley Island 8,300 to 6,300 years ago | 6,300 | 100 km³ |
| Kurile Lake | Kamchatka Peninsula | Russia | Kurile Lake 6,440 BCE |
10,500 | . |
| Aira Caldera | Japan, Kyu-shu | Aira Caldera | 22,000 | 110 km³ | |
| Rotoiti Ignimbrite | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | Rotoiti Ignimbrite | 50,000 | 240 km³ |
| Campi Flegrei | Italy, Naples | 39,280 | 500 km³ | ||
| Aso | Kyu-shu- | Japan | Four large explosive eruptions between 300,000 to 80,000 years ago.600 km³ was last one | 300,000 | 600 km³ |
| Reporoa Caldera | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | 230,000 | 100 km³ |
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| Mamaku Ignimbrite, | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | Rotorua Caldera | 240,000 | 280 km³ |
| Matahina Ignimbrite | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | Haroharo Caldera | 280,000 | 120 km³ |
| Long Valley Caldera | Bishop Tuff | USA, California | 760,000 | 600 km³ | |
| Valles Caldera | USA, New Mexico | 15,000,000 | 600 km³ |
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| Mangakino | Taupo Volcanic Zone | New Zealand, North Island | Three eruptions from 0.97 to 1.23 million years ago | 970,000 | 300 km³ |
| Henry's Fork Caldera | Yellowstone Hotspot Mesa Falls Tuff |
USA, Idaho | Yellowstone Hotspot | 1,300,000 | 280 km³ |
| Karymshina | Kamchatka | Russia | 1,780,000 |
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| Pastos Grandes Ignimbrite | Pastos Grandes Caldera | Bolivia | 2,900,000 | 820 km³ |
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| Heise volcanic field, | Yellowstone Hotspot Walcott Tuff |
USA, Idaho | Yellowstone Hotspot | 6,400,000 | 750 km³ |
| Bruneau-Jarbidge | Yellowstone Hotspot | USA, Idaho | Yellowstone Hotspot Responsible for the Ashfall Fossil Beds 1,600 km to the east |
12,000,000 | 250 km³ |
| Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex | Skukum Group | Canada, British Columbia/Yukon | 50,000,000 | 850 km³ |
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