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When eruption types are arranged from most destructive to least, it is in descending order.
When eruption types are arranged from most destructive to least, it is in descending order.
When eruption types are arranged from most destructive to least, it is in descending order.
PlinianVulcanianStrombolianFissure
The most destructive to least destructive kinds of eruptions are as follows:PlinianPeleanStrombolianHawaiianMost to leastPlinian, Pelean, Vulcanian, Fissure
most recent and destructive was the eruption that was in 1707-1708
Very Destructive; it can burn anything around it.
Hawaiian eruptions are the least severe. It is a 0 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index VEI scale.Strombolian eruptions are relatively mildly explosive 1-2 on the VEI scale.Vulcanian eruptions are 2-3 on the VEI scale.Peléan eruptions are 4-5 on the VEI scale.Plinian eruptions are the most destructive. They are from 6-8 on the VEI scale.http://ete.cet.edu/gcc/?/volcanoes_explosivity/
1914
No. Plinian eruptions are generally the most destructive. Vulcanian eruptions may be orders of magnitude smaller.
1866
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