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are Pelean eruptions, followed by Plinian eruptions; the strongest eruptions are called ultra-Plinian. Subglacial and phreatic eruptions are defined

around or on cones of past flank eruptions. Since the year AD 1600, at least 60 flank eruptions and countless summit eruptions have occurred; nearly half of

Vulcanian eruptions are named after Vulcano. Eruption columns from these eruptions do not exceed 20 kilometres (12 mi) in height. Peléan eruptions are more

for the eruptions listed here, estimates of the volume erupted can be subject to considerable uncertainty. In explosive eruptions, the eruption of magma

have been no eruptions since 1944, and none of the eruptions after AD 79 were as large or destructive as the Pompeian one. The eruptions vary greatly

Plinian eruptions or Vesuvian eruptions are volcanic eruptions characterized by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed

Look up eruption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An eruption most commonly relates to volcanoes, see types of volcanic eruptions. Eruption may also

least two types of volcanic eruptions that have been identified as supervolcanoes: large igneous provinces and massive eruptions. Large igneous provinces

to classify limnic eruptions as a distinct type of hazard event, even though they can be indirectly linked to volcanic eruptions. Lake Monoun Lake Nyos

The 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions (Icelandic: Eldgosin við Sundhnúksgíga 2023–2025) are a series of volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near