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{{Infobox eruption
| name = Eruption of Toré
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| date = 512 CE
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| volcano = Toré
| type = [[w:Ultra-Plinian|Ultra-Plinian]]
| location = Toré, Oblivion Islands, South Concordian Ocean
| coordinates = [[File:WMA button2b.png|17px|link=]] 22.390°S 47.628°W
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| VEI = 8
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| impact = Global volcanic winter and famine
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The '''Toré eruption''' of Toré Volcano, in the [[New Leganes|Oblivion Islands]] was the world's most recent VEI 8 supereruption in 512 CE, and largest [[Wikipedia:Plinian eruption|ultra-plinian]] [[Wikipedia:Phreatic eruption|phreatic eruption]] for over thirty thousand years. The eruption destroyed [[Peragen#Impelanza|Impelanza]], ravaged civilisations nearby and across the world in various ways, notably by its ash clouds blocking out the sun and causing a moderate global [[Wikipedia:Volcanic winter|volcanic winter]].
The '''Toré eruption''' of Toré Volcano, in the [[New Leganes|Oblivion Islands]] was the world's most recent VEI 8 supereruption in 512 CE, and largest [[Wikipedia:Plinian eruption|ultra-plinian]] [[Wikipedia:Phreatic eruption|phreatic eruption]] for over thirty thousand years. The eruption destroyed [[Peragen#Impelanza|Impelanza]], ravaged civilisations nearby and across the world in various ways, notably by its ash clouds blocking out the sun and causing a moderate global [[Wikipedia:Volcanic winter|volcanic winter]].



Latest revision as of 16:58, 2 May 2024

Eruption of Toré
VolcanoToré
Date512 CE
TypeUltra-Plinian
LocationToré, Oblivion Islands, South Concordian Ocean
22.390°S 47.628°W
VEI8
ImpactGlobal volcanic winter and famine

The Toré eruption of Toré Volcano, in the Oblivion Islands was the world's most recent VEI 8 supereruption in 512 CE, and largest ultra-plinian phreatic eruption for over thirty thousand years. The eruption destroyed Impelanza, ravaged civilisations nearby and across the world in various ways, notably by its ash clouds blocking out the sun and causing a moderate global volcanic winter.