The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia was the most destructive in 10,000 years, killing at least 10,000 people and causing a three-year global climate downturn. The eruption caused a tsunami and severe climate change, leading to an agricultural apocalypse known as the “year without a summer.”
In April 1815, the most destructive volcanic eruption in 10,000 years took place on the island of Sumbawa in the Dutch East Indies, now known as Indonesia. The Mount Tambora eruption spewed 12 cubic miles (50 cubic km) of gas, dust and rock into the atmosphere, killing at least 10,000 people living in Sumbawa and tens of thousands more in the surrounding region. Furthermore, the effects of the massive eruption sent the global climate into a three-year downward spiral that ultimately led to widespread crop failures, decreased rainfall and mass starvation in Asia, Europe and North America.
The year without summer:
Lava has poured down the sides of the 13,000-foot (3,962m) mountain on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, burning everything in its path. The eruption caused a tsunami in the Java Sea.
Scientists have linked Tambora’s eruption to severe climate change that afflicted most of the Northern Hemisphere in 1816, an agricultural apocalypse known as the “year without a summer.”
The eruption of Mount Tambora was 10 times more powerful than the better known eruption of Krakatoa volcano in 1883, located approximately 900 miles (1,448 km) away from Tambora.
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