Volcanic Activity Indonesia
1815 Mount Tambora Eruption
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history (VEI 7). Caused the 1816 "Year Without a Summer" globally.
Background from Wikipedia
In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia, erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. This eruption, with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7, ejected 37–45 km3 of dense-rock equivalent (DRE) material into the atmosphere, and was the most recent confirmed VEI-7 eruption.
From the Wikipedia article “1815 eruption of Mount Tambora”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
Sources & references
Impact figures
| Fatalities | 71,000 |
|---|---|
| Region | Sumbawa Island |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
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