VEI scale,Volcano,Volcanic arc,Bulk material volume (km3),Plume height (km),Historical date,Trigger ,Taupo Volcano,Taupo Volcanic Zone,,,233 ±13 CE,Hatepe eruption 5,Mount St. Helens,Cascade Volcanic Arc,,,,1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens 6,Krakatoa,Sunda Arc,26,,,1883 eruption of Krakatoa 5,Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai,Tonga-Kermadec Islands volcanic arc,6.5,,,2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami 5,Puyehue-Cordón Caulle,Andean Volcanic Belt,,,,2011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption 5,Mount Vesuvius,Campanian volcanic arc,,,,Mercato eruption 5,Mount Tarawera,Taupo Volcanic Zone,2,,,1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera 5,Mount Fuji,,,,,Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji ,Mount Vesuvius,,,,,Avellino eruption 3,Nevado del Ruiz,Andean Volcanic Belt,,,,Armero tragedy 7,Mount Tambora,"Sunda Arc, Sumbawa",,,,1815 eruption of Mount Tambora 7,Kikai Caldera,,,,,Akahoya eruption 5,Mount Meager massif,Garibaldi Volcanic Belt,⩾ 1,,,Bridge River eruption 7,Mount Samalas,Lombok Island,,,1257 CE,1257 Samalas eruption 7,"Youngest Caldera, Santorini",South Aegean Volcanic Arc,,,1610 BCE,Minoan eruption 5,Mount Vesuvius,Campanian volcanic arc,,,,Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 6,Mount Pinatubo,Luzon Volcanic Arc,13,,,1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo