Dakataua erupted around 653 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 653 CE.
Before and after
- 642 CEOrigins of sumo
- 3 November 644 CEDeath of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
- from 650 CE to 1377Srivijaya
- from 653 CE to 954 CEKingdom of Northumbria
- c. 653 CEEruption of Dakataua
- from 656 CE to 661 CEFirst Fitna
- 661 CEDeath of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
- from 661 CE to 750 CEUmayyad Caliphate
- 26 January 661 CEAssassination of Ali
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- c. 1477Eruption of Bardarbunga
The era
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