Ambrym erupted around 50 CE with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6, a colossal eruption that threw tens of cubic kilometres of ash and rock into the air. Eruptions of this size inject sulphur into the stratosphere and can cool the global climate for a year or more. The VEI is a logarithmic scale: each step means roughly ten times more erupted material. It took place around 50 CE.
Before and after
- 48 CEPublication of Epistle to the Galatians
- 1st centuryConstruction of Pont du Gard
- 1st centuryConstruction of Garni Temple
- from 50 CE to 53 CEIberian–Armenian War
- c. 50 CEEruption of Ambrym
- 24 October 51 CEBirth of Domitian
- 18 September 53 CEBirth of Trajan
- 55 CEBirth of Tacitus
- from 58 CE to 63 CERoman–Parthian War of 58–63
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- c. 1,370 BCEEruption of Witori
- c. 1,050 BCEEruption of Pinatubo
- c. 250 BCEEruption of Raoul Island
- c. 233 CEEruption of Taupo
- c. 240 CEEruption of Ksudach
The era
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