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That would be the eruption that formed the Lava Creek Tuff some 640,000 years ago. Ash was dispersed from the Baja Peninsula in a ring north through present day California, Oregon, north to North Dakota and lower Canada, east to Illinois, south to the Gulf of Mexico, and west across northern Mexico. This was the last super eruption. The most recent explosive event occurred 13,800 years ago and excavated Mary Bay (3.1 square miles) on the northeast boundary of Yellowstone Lake at the center of the caldera.

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