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Oruanui eruption
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The Oruanui eruption of New Zealand's Taupō Volcano was the world's most recent supereruption, and largest phreatomagmatic eruption characterised to date.
Wikipedia
Location
:
Taupo Volcano
Date
:
About 25,700 year BP
Impact
:
Devastated much of North Island with detectable ash fall 5,000 km (3,100 mi) away
VEI
:
8
Volume
:
1,170 km
3
(280 cu mi)
