An eruption most commonly relates to volcanoes, see types of volcanic eruptions.

Eruption may also refer to:

Geology

  • Limnic eruption, of dissolved carbon dioxide from a body of water
  • hydrothermal explosion, of underground water, especially
  • Geyser eruption

Astronomy

  • Solar eruption or flare
  • Nova of a star, such as
  • Eta Carinae's "Great Eruption" (1837–55) and "Lesser Eruption" (1887–95)

Medicine

  • Tooth eruption, the emergence of teeth through the gum
  • List of skin conditions, various of which are called "eruptions"

Music

  • Eruption (British band), a 1970s/1980s British disco/R&B band
  • Eruption (German band), a short-lived (1970-1972) German experimental band
  • Eruption (Slovenian band)
  • Eruption (album), by Kluster
  • "Eruption" (instrumental), from Van Halen's first album
  • "Eruption", by Emerson, Lake & Palmer from the suite "Tarkus"
  • "Eruption", a 23-minute piece by Focus from the album Focus II or Moving Waves

Other uses

  • Eruption (2010 film), a New Zealand television film
  • Eruption (1997 film), an American-Peruvian film
  • Eruption, screen name of Eric Tai (born 1984), Tongan-Filipino actor, model, host and rugby union player
  • Eruption Radio, a London-based radio station
  • Eruption (novel), a 2024 novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson

See also

  • Diet Coke and Mentos eruption, or soda geyser
  • "Sexual Eruption", 2007 song by Snoop Dogg