Kikai erupted around 4,350 BCE with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 7, one of the largest eruptions of the last 10,000 years. 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 4,350 BCE.
Before and after
- 6th millennium BCEDiscovery of iron
- c. 5,001 BCECopper is smelted in the Balkans
- c. 4,750 BCEEruption of Hudson, Cerro
- c. 4,360 BCEEruption of Macauley
- c. 4,350 BCEEruption of Kikai
- c. 4,050 BCEEruption of Masaya
- from 5th millennium BCE to 1st millennium BCEAncient Egypt
- 5th millennium BCEOrigins of Jerusalem
- c. 4,000 BCEOrigins of Thinis
More in Earth & climate
- about 12,400 years agoEruption of Moekeshiwan [Lvinaya Past]
- c. 8,050 BCEEruption of Aira
- c. 6,600 BCEEruption of Karymsky
- c. 5,550 BCEEruption of Tao-Rusyr Caldera
- c. 5,550 BCEEruption of Mashu
- c. 3,550 BCEEruption of Pinatubo
The era
This moment belongs to the Human prehistory (300,000 years ago to 3,200 BCE), the human story before writing.