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Another extremely large eruption from a more recent time. As for whether or not it's larger, Wikipedia seems to indicate it would win in a trump card contest?

Another extremely large eruption from a more recent time. As for whether or not it's larger, Wikipedia seems to indicate it would win in a trump card contest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatepe_eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatepe_eruption

craftyguy 8y ago
> of which 30 km3 (7.2 cu mi) was ejected in a few minutes I'm struggling to imagine what that even looks like... 30 cubic(!!!) km of Earth being ejected into the atmosphere in 'a few minutes' is incredible.
- PopeDotNinja 8y ago
  Which is apparently about 50% the size of Mt. Everest. [1][2] Imagine taking half of Everest, sticking rockets on the bottom, and trying to launch it into the stratosphere. That is making my brain explode a little bit. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+everest+volume&oq=mt+everest+volume https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+everest+volume&oq=mt+ever... [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=2.1+trillion+cubic+feet+to+cubic+km&oq=2.1+trillion+cubic+feet+to+cubic+km https://www.google.com/search?q=2.1+trillion+cubic+feet+to+c...
  - xaedes 8y ago
    On the other side volcanoes have an earth-sized engine
- credit_guy 8y ago
  Also impressive the total ejected volume, 120 km3. How about CO2 emissions, if anybody's wondering? In [1] I got an estimation of the Pinatubo CO2 emissions, at about 50 MT of CO2. Since Pinatubo ejected a total volume of 10km3 [2], it would follow that Hatebe released about 0.6 GT of C02 in the air. For comparison we put abotut 30 GT of CO2 in the air each year. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/06/how-much-co2-does-a-single-volcano-emit/#63dc33e05cbf https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/06/06/how-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo