Oruanui eruption

Oruanui eruption
VolcanoTaupō Volcano
DateAbout 25,700 year BP
TypeUltra-Plinian
LocationNorth Island, New Zealand
38°48′S 175°54′E / 38.800°S 175.900°E / -38.800; 175.900
Volume1,170 km3 (280 cu mi)
VEI8
ImpactDevastated much of North Island with detectable ash fall 5,000 km (3,100 mi) away
Recent vents and caldera structures Taupō Volcano. Present active geothermal systems are in light blue. A key to the vents is in the diagram.

The Oruanui eruption of New Zealand's Taupō Volcano (also known as the Kawakawa eruption or Kawakawa/Oruanui event) was the world's most recent supereruption, and largest phreatomagmatic eruption characterised to date.