28+ 1815 Eruption Of Mount Tambora In Indonesia Background. The tremendous eruption of mount tambora in april 1815 was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 19th century. It was the largest volcanic.
Just before sunset on april 5, 1815, a massive explosion shook the volcanic island of sumbawa in the indonesian archipelago.
Its eruption at that time was a catastrophe without equal in recorded history. Historians regard it as the volcano eruption with the deadliest known direct impact: An estimated 150 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of tephra—exploded rock and ash—resulted, with ash from the eruption recognized at least 1,300 kilometers (808 miles) away to the northwest. It was the largest volcanic.