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1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora

Volcanology

The April 1815 climax of Mount Tambora, rated 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, was the most powerful eruption in recorded human history. Its stratospheric ash veil cooled global temperatures by about half a degree Celsius, producing the Year Without a Summer of 1816, with June frosts in New England, failed harvests across Europe and disrupted Asian monsoons, the clearest historical demonstration that a single volcano can shift the climate of the whole planet. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Event Date
1815-04-10 1
The date of the violent climax; the eruption sequence began earlier and activity continued into August 1815.
Magnitude or Scale
Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) 7, the most powerful eruption in recorded human history 1
Location
Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Dutch East Indies (present day Indonesia) 1
Disputed
Death Toll
About 10,000 to 11,000 killed directly; totals including post-eruption famine and disease range from about 60,000 to 100,000 1
Tanguy and colleagues (1998) count 11,000 direct and 49,000 famine and epidemic deaths; Oppenheimer estimates at least 71,000 in total; Reid's estimate reaches 100,000.
Connections

Associated With

Volcanic Explosivity Index, Concepts

Rated Volcanic Explosivity Index 7, among the two largest VEI values recorded for any eruption in this atlas.

Source Volcanic Explosivity Index (Wikipedia)
Volcano, Phenomena

The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.

Caused By

Volcanism, Processes

Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora); earth5 pass cause judgment: Volcanism.

Source Wikidata: 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora

In Discipline

Climatology, Disciplines

The 1816 Year Without a Summer that followed is a foundational case study in how volcanic aerosols force climate.

Source 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora (Wikipedia)
Volcanology, Disciplines
Source 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Indonesia

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Source 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history.
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1. 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora (Wikipedia)
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    In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history.
  • In Group: Major Volcanic Eruptions, Lead sentence
    In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history.
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Wikidata: 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora
Wikidata Q3591483, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Volcanic Explosivity Index (Wikipedia)
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