NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present
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title: NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present
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abstract: The Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database is a global listing of over 600 eruptions from 4360 BC to the present. A significant eruption is classified as one that meets at least one of the following criteria: caused fatalities, caused moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6 or greater, generated a tsunami, or was associated with a significant earthquake. The database provides information on the latitude, longitude, elevation, type of volcano, last known eruption, VEI index, and socio-economic data such as the total number of casualties, injuries, houses destroyed, and houses damaged, and $ dollage damage estimates. References, political geography, and additional comments are also provided for each eruption. If the eruption was associated with a tsunami or significant earthquake, it is flagged and linked to the related database. For a complete list of current and past activity for all volcanoes on the planet active during the last 10,000 years, please see Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP).
purpose: These data are necessary for volcanic hazard assessments and mitigation efforts.
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descriptor: The global region in which the volcano is located.
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descriptor: The volcano type as listed by the Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program. For more information please visit the Global Volcanism Program's volcano types and processes gallery.
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definition: A widely used classification scheme to describe the size of explosive eruptions. It is based principally on the erupted mass or volume of a deposit (Newhall and Self, 1982). Historic eruptions that were definitely explosive, but carry no other descriptive information are assigned a default VEI of 2.
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Record: 0 = General Description: Non-explosive, Cloud-Column Height: <0.1 km, Volume: 10^4 m^3, Qualitative Description: Gentle, Classification: Hawaiian, Recurrence: Daily, Example: Kilauea
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Record: 1 = General Description: Small, Cloud-Column Height: 0.1-1 km, Volume: 10^6 m^3, Qualitative Description: Effusive, Classification: Haw/Strombolian, Recurrence: Daily, Example: Stromboli
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Record: 2 = General Description: Moderate, Cloud-Column Height: 1-5 km, Volume: 10^7 m^3, Qualitative Description: Explosive, Classification: Strom/Vulcanian, Recurrence: Weekly, Example: Galeras, 1992
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Record: 4 = General Description: Large, Cloud-Column Height: 10-25 km, Volume: 10^9 m^3, Qualitative Description: Explosive, Classification: Vulc/Plinian, Recurrence: 10's of years, Example: Galunggung, 1982
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Record: 6 = Cloud-Column Height: >25 km, Volume: 10^11 m^3, Qualitative Description: Paroxysmal, Classification: Plin/Ultra-Plinian, Recurrence: 100's of years, Example: Krakatau, 1883
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Record: 7 = Cloud-Column Height: >25 km, Volume: 10^12 m^3, Qualitative Description: Colossal, Classification: Ultra-Plinian, Recurrence: 1000's of years, Example: Tambora, 1815
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Record: 8 = Cloud-Column Height: >25 km, Volume: 10^12 m^3, Qualitative Description: Colossal, Classification: Ultra-Plinian, Recurrence: 10,000's of years, Example: Yellowstone, 2 Ma
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Record: A = Avalanche (Debris and landslides)
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Record: E = Electrical (lightning)
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Record: F = Floods (Jokulhlaups)
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Record: G = Gas (emission from eruptive craters as well as fumarolic/solfataric activity)
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Record: I = Indirect deaths (disease, starvation, exposure, desolation)
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Record: L = Lava flows
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Record: m = Secondary (post-eruption) mudflows
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Record: P = Pyroclastic flows, surges, and direct blasts
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Record: S = Seismic, or volcanic earthquake (tectonic earthquake deaths excluded)
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Record: T = Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts. Killing either by ballistic impact, or with finer-grained ash, by suffocation, collapse of ash-covered roogs, etc.
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Record: W = Waves or tsunami
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Record: 0 = None
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Record: 1 = Few (~1 to 50 deaths)
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Record: 2 = Some (~51 to 100 deaths)
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Record: 3 = Many (~101 to 1000 deaths)
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Record: 4 = Very Many (~1001 or more deaths)
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definition: For those events not offering a monetary evaluation of damage, the following five-level scale was used to classify damage (1990 dollars) and was listed in the Damage De column. If the actual dollar amount of damage was listed, a descriptor was also added for search purposes. When possible, a rough estimate was made of the dollar amount of damage based upon the description provided, in order to choose the damage category. In many cases, only a single descriptive term was available. These terms were converted to the damage categories based upon the authors apparent use of the term elsewhere. In the absence of other information, LIMITED is considered synonymous with slight, minor, and light, SEVERE as synonymous with major, extensive, and heavy, and EXTREME as synonymous with catastrophic. Note: The descriptive terms relate approximately to current dollar values.
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Record: 4 = EXTREME (~$25 million or more)
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definition: For those events not offering an exact number of houses destroyed, the following four-level scale was used to classify the destruction and was listed in the Houses Destroyed De column. If the actual number of houses destroyed was listed, a descriptor was also added for search purposes.
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Record: 3 = Many (~101 to 1000 houses)
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Record: 4 = Very Many (~1001 or more houses)
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description: NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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DateTime: 2015-04-22T00:00:00
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maintenanceNote: This record was automatically modified on 2015-10-01 to include references to NCEI where applicable.
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