Im having the same problem and now i am stucked here...
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb
mke2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
Warning: could not erase sector 2: Input/output error
Creating filesystem with 488378646 4k blocks and 122101760 inodes
Filesystem UUID: e2dff2c1-d528-4702-ac13-6d87a1846db2
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Allocating group tables: done
Warning: could not read block 0: Input/output error
Warning: could not erase sector 0: Input/output error
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (262144 blocks):
...i dont know if i have to still wait or kill the process...