2015 Event Scientists discover a huge magma reservoir under Yellowstone National Park that feeds the magma chamber heating the park's geothermal features; though no volcanic eruption is likely for thousands of years, such an event would dwarf all others to date 2013 Event A report from Japan's Coast Guard and earthquake experts claims that a new islet has been created; a volcanic eruption raised the new island, which is located off the coast of Nishinoshima - a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, far south of Tokyo 2012 Event Residents near Columbia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are evacuated due to a possible eruption 2011 Event The ash cloud from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption closes 39 flights in Chile and Argentina 2011 Event Volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile continues to disrupt flights in Australia 2011 Event Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile 2011 Event Germany determines it must shut down part of its airspace as volcanic ash from Iceland's Grisvotn eruption spreads through northern Europe 1991 Event Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history 1986 Event Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 1968 Event Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption 1959 Event Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) 1886 Event Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) 1883 Event Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1867 Event Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1822 Event 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain 1822 Event 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley 1816 Event 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia 1815 Event Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) 1783 Event Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption 1772 Event Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 1759 Event Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
