Minoan Eruption was one of the biggest volcanic eruption estimated to have have occurred in the mid second millennium BCE. It is also recorded as one of the largest volcanic events on Earth. The eruption devastated the island of Thera including the Minoan settlement.
Laki
Laki is a volcanic fissure in the south of Iceland. It has been dormant since its huge eruption in 1783 which killed over 6 million people around the world, including a million in Japan and the 50% of the livestock population in Iceland. The lava, during the explosion, were estimated to reach a height of 1400 meters with 120 million tonnes of toxic sulfur dioxide.
Lake Toba
Known as a supervolcano, Lake Toba is located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Lake Toba's massive supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred around 69,000 to 77,000 years ago, is considered as the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. The eruption of Toba led to a volcanic winter with a worldwide decrease in temperature between 3 to 5 °C , and up to 15 °C in higher latitudes.
