| has gloss | eng: The Hatepe eruption (named for the Hatepe Plinian pumice fall deposit ; sometimes referred to as the Taupo eruption) around the year AD 180 was Lake Taupos most recent major eruption, and New Zealands largest eruption during the last 20,000 years. It ejected some 120 cubic kilometres of material (rating a 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale), of which 30 cubic kilometres was ejected in the space of a few minutes. It is believed that the eruption column was 50 kilometres high, twice as high as the eruption column from Mount St. Helens in 1980. This makes it one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5000 years (alongside the Tianchi eruption of Baekdu at around 1000 and the 1815 eruption of Tambora). The resulting ash turned the sky red over Rome and China. |
