Taal erupted around 3,580 BCE 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 3,580 BCE.
Before and after
- from c. 4,000 BCE to 3,100 BCEUruk period
- c. 4,000 BCEEruption of Witori
- c. 3,600 BCEConstruction of Ġgantija
- from c. 3,600 BCE to 2,500 BCEOrigins of Megalithic Temples of Malta
- c. 3,580 BCEEruption of Taal
- c. 3,550 BCEEruption of Pinatubo
- from 36th century BCE to 18th century BCECaral–Supe civilization
- c. 3,501 BCEPeople first tame horses on the steppe
- from c. 3,500 BCE to 2,500 BCEOrigins of Brú na Bóinne
More in Earth & climate
- about 12,400 years agoEruption of Moekeshiwan [Lvinaya Past]
- c. 8,750 BCEEruption of Ulleungdo
- c. 7,420 BCEEruption of Fisher
- c. 6,600 BCEEruption of Karymsky
- c. 5,700 BCEEruption of Khangar
- c. 5,550 BCEEruption of Mashu
The era
This moment belongs to the Human prehistory (300,000 years ago to 3,200 BCE), the human story before writing.