Taupo erupted around 233 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 233 CE.
Before and after
- from 220 CE to 638 CEGhassanids
- from 220 CE to 589 CEWei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties
- from 224 CE to 651 CESasanian Empire
- from 229 CE to 233 CEFirst Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
- c. 233 CEEruption of Taupo
- from 235 CE to 284 CECrisis of the Third Century
- 238 CEConstruction of Roman amphitheatre of El Jem
- c. 240 CEEruption of Ksudach
- 245 CERise of Neoplatonism
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- c. 1,890 BCEEruption of Hudson, Cerro
- c. 1,610 BCEEruption of Santorini
- c. 50 BCEEruption of Apoyeque
- 79 CEVesuvius buries Pompeii and Herculaneum
- c. 450 CEEruption of Ilopango
The era
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