Toba supereruption (jan 1, 73000 BC – jan 1, 71000 BC)
Description:
A supervolcanic eruption, one of the Earth's largest known eruptions, that occurred at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It caused a 1000 year cooling, and a bottlneck in the human population.
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Date:
jan 1, 73000 BC
jan 1, 71000 BC
~ 2001 years