Within Africa is an often forgotten about supervolcano which is considered to be active. Known as the Awasa Caldera, it and the associated Corbetti Caldera have each been the site of at least one volcanic eruption during the Holocene epoch. Specifically, the Corbetti Caldera has even been the site of recent magmatic uplift, which is quite common and not truly noteworthy at active supervolcanoes such as Yellowstone and Taupo.

Note: This video's thumbnail image displays what the caldera forming eruption of the Awasa Caldera approximately 1.1 million years ago might have looked like. It does not display the current status of the Awasa and/or Corbetti Caldera, as neither are currently erupting or showing any signs of unrest. They are not likely to erupt anytime soon given their current activity.

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Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by Youtube.com/GeologyHub on Oct 5th, 2022.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] David J. Colby, David M. Pyle, Karen Fontijn, Tamsin A. Mather, Abate A. Melaku, Million A. Mengesha, Gezahegn Yirgu, Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Corbetti Caldera in the Main Ethiopian Rift, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 428, 2022, 107580, ISSN 0377-0273, [ Ссылка ]. ([ Ссылка ]), CC BY 4.0. This paper was also used to cite information about magmatic uplift of the Corbetti Caldera and two different Holocene eruptions (one within Corbetti Caldera, one within Awasa Caldera) in this video's description.
[2] Information on the magnitudes (VEI), dates, and tephra volumes of the VEI 4 or larger explosive eruptions from the Corbetti Caldera and Awasa Caldera, in addition to other volcanic complexes mentioned in this video was sourced from the LaMEVE database: British Geological Survey © UKRI, [ Ссылка ], Used with Permission.
[3] Piskarev, A., Elkina, D. Giant caldera in the Arctic Ocean: Evidence of the catastrophic eruptive event. Sci Rep 7, 46248 (2017). [ Ссылка ], CC BY 4.0

0:00 Corbetti Caldera
0:50 Awasa Caldera
1:41 Geologic Setting
2:47 Large Volcanic Eruptions
3:48 Post Caldera Eruptions
4:40 Conclusion

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