Toba catastrophe theory
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The Toba eruption was a supervolcano eruption that occurred about 74,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the largest known explosive eruptions in the Earth's history. Wikipedia
Date: c. 74,000 years BP
Deaths: (Potentially) almost all of humanity, leaving around 3,000–10,000 humans left on the planet
Impact: Impact disputed
VEI: 8
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