Long Island erupted around 1660 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6, a colossal eruption that threw tens of cubic kilometres of ash and rock into the air. About 2,000 people died. 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 1660.
Before and after
- from 1660 to 1725Rise of Classicism
- 1660Birth of Daniel Defoe
- from 1660 to 1714Stuart Restoration
- 1660Founding of Franklin
- c. 1660Eruption of Long Island
- 3 May 1660Treaty of Oliva
- 7 June 1660Birth of George I of Great Britain
- 6 August 1660Death of Diego Velázquez
- November 1660Founding of Royal Society of London
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The era
This moment belongs to the Early modern world (1500 CE to 1760 CE), voyages, printing and new ideas. You can also browse everything in the 17th century.