The Largest Volcanic Eruption to Ever Occur; The VEI 9 Toba Eruption

The largest volcanic eruption known to science cataclysmically began 75,000 years ago. Every 6 seconds, it erupted more material than produced during the entire 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens. This eruption did not originate from the Yellow supervolcano but rather a separate supervolcano known as Toba. This video will discuss the largest explosive volcanic eruption currently known to science, which registered in on the volcanic explosivity index as a 9. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Tytgat, G. C., Alaska Volcano Observatory / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Image was then overlayed with text & GeologyHub overlay material. Note: Information on the magnitude of Toba’s Youngest Toba Tuff eruption in this video’s description was sourced from the LaMEVE database: British Geological Survey © UKRI, Used with Permission. If you would like to support