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What is the vei rating of mt st Helens?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens was a VEI 5.
What is an example of a rare high magnitude geologic event?
An extremely large volcanic eruption of VEI-7 or VEI-8 would be a rare geologic event that would cause regional, if not global devastation. The last VEI-7 eruption was in 1815. The last VEI 8 eruption was 74,000 years ago.
What is mount Pinatubos vei?
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was a VEI 6.
What is a VEI index?
VEI is the volcanic explosivity index. It rates the severity of explosive volcanic eruptions based on the volume of material ejected and the height of the eruption plume. The scale ranges from VEI 0, indicating a non-explosive eruption, to VEI 8, indicating a super eruption. Each step up the scale represents a tenfold increase in the size of the eruption.
What vei would a supervolcano have?
A super eruption is generally classfied as one with an explosivity index of VEI 8. Some of the larger VEI 7 eruptions are included as well.
What is the vei rating of mt st Helens?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens was a VEI 5.
What is an example of a rare high magnitude geologic event?
An extremely large volcanic eruption of VEI-7 or VEI-8 would be a rare geologic event that would cause regional, if not global devastation. The last VEI-7 eruption was in 1815. The last VEI 8 eruption was 74,000 years ago.
Was mt pinatubo a category 5?
No. "Category 5" is a rating on a system, used for hurricanes. Mount Pinatubo is a volcano. Volcanoes do not have a rating system but eruptions do: Volcanic Explosivity Index, which ranges from VEI 0 to VEI 8. On this scale the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was a VEI 6.
What is mount Pinatubos vei?
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was a VEI 6.
What is a VEI index?
VEI is the volcanic explosivity index. It rates the severity of explosive volcanic eruptions based on the volume of material ejected and the height of the eruption plume. The scale ranges from VEI 0, indicating a non-explosive eruption, to VEI 8, indicating a super eruption. Each step up the scale represents a tenfold increase in the size of the eruption.
What vei would a supervolcano have?
A super eruption is generally classfied as one with an explosivity index of VEI 8. Some of the larger VEI 7 eruptions are included as well.
What is the VEI rating for Mauna Kea?
Mauna Kea does that have a recorded VEI, as it has not erupted for over 4500 years, but is said to be around VEI-2
How powerful was the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 on the VEI index?
10 grades
What is the vei of Mount Tambora?
The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was a V.E.I. 7.
What was the Richter scale for the Kobe earthquake?
It did not have a Richter scale rating. The Richter scale is used to rate earthquakes, not volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions are rated on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was a VEI 6, described as a colossal eruption.
What is the eruption violence of Santorini volcano?
Catastrophic eruption Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) = 6 - 7 Dense-rock equivalent (DRE) = 60 km3
Do volcanoes have a scale magnitude?
Volcanoes don't, but volcanic eruptions do. Volcanic eruptions are rated by Colcanic Explosivity Index or VEI based on the volcume of material ejected. It ranges from VEI-0 for the non-explosive eruption of lava to VEI-8 for the most violent eruptions of supervolcanoes.
