<Table> <Tr> <Th> Caldera / Eruption name </Th> <Th> Volcanic arc / belt or Subregion or Hotspot </Th> <Th> VEI </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Known / proposed consequences </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Pinatubo </Td> <Td> Luzon Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1991, Jun 15 </Td> <Td> Global temperature fell by 0.4 ° C </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount St. Helens </Td> <Td> Cascade Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 1980, May 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Novarupta </Td> <Td> Aleutian Range </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1912, Jun 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Santa María </Td> <Td> Central America Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1902, Oct 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Krakatoa </Td> <Td> Sunda Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1883, Aug 26--27 </Td> <Td> At least 30,000 dead </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Tambora </Td> <Td> Lesser Sunda Islands </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 1815, Apr 10 </Td> <Td> Year Without a Summer (1816) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1808 / 1809 mystery eruption </Td> <Td> Southwestern Pacific Ocean </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1808, Dec </Td> <Td> A sulfate spike in ice cores </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grímsvötn and Laki </Td> <Td> Iceland </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1783 - 85 </Td> <Td> Mist Hardships </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Long Island (Papua New Guinea) </Td> <Td> Bismarck Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1660 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Huaynaputina </Td> <Td> Andes, Central Volcanic Zone </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1600, Feb 19 </Td> <Td> Russian famine of 1601--1603 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Mitchell </Td> <Td> Bougainville & Solomon Is . </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1580 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bárðarbunga </Td> <Td> Iceland </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1477 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kuwae </Td> <Td> New Hebrides Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1452 - 53 </Td> <Td> 2nd pulse of Little Ice Age? </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quilotoa </Td> <Td> Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1280 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samalas (Mount Rinjani) </Td> <Td> Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1257 </Td> <Td> 1257 Samalas eruption, 1st pulse of Little Ice Age? (c. 1250) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Baekdu Mountain / Tianchi eruption </Td> <Td> China / North Korea border </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 946, Nov - 947 </Td> <Td> Limited regional climatic effects . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Katla / Eldgjá eruption </Td> <Td> Iceland </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 934 - 940 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ceboruco </Td> <Td> Trans - Mexican Volcanic Belt </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 930 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dakataua </Td> <Td> Bismarck Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pago </Td> <Td> Bismarck Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 710 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Churchill </Td> <Td> eastern Alaska, USA </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rabaul Caldera </Td> <Td> Bismarck Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 540 (est .) </Td> <Td> Extreme weather events of 535--536 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ilopango </Td> <Td> Central America Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 450 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ksudach </Td> <Td> Kamchatka Peninsula </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 240 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taupo Caldera / Hatepe eruption </Td> <Td> Taupo Volcano </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 180 or 230 </Td> <Td> Affected skies over Rome and China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Vesuvius / Pompeii eruption </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 79 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Churchill </Td> <Td> eastern Alaska, USA </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ambrym </Td> <Td> New Hebrides Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Apoyeque </Td> <Td> Central America Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 50 BC (± 100) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Caldera / Eruption name </Th> <Th> Volcanic arc / belt or Subregion or Hotspot </Th> <Th> VEI </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Known / proposed consequences </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount Pinatubo </Td> <Td> Luzon Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 1991, Jun 15 </Td> <Td> Global temperature fell by 0.4 ° C </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mount St. Helens </Td> <Td> Cascade Volcanic Arc </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 1980, May 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

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