43+ Mount Tambora Eruption Effects PNG. I was joined on this video by kirstin gardiner, who wrote the script. It has been estimated that mount tambora stood approximately 12,000 feet tall before the 1815 eruption when the top third of the mountain was completely obliterated.
With over 70,000 deaths and a rating of 7 on the volcanic exclusivity index, this eruption is one of the largest in recorded history.
Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall mankind. This book traces the history of the massive tambora eruption and its aftermath but the author goes one step further: It has been estimated that mount tambora stood approximately 12,000 feet tall before the 1815 eruption when the top third of the mountain was completely obliterated. Mount tambora, located on the island of sumbawa, indonesia is classified as a stratovolcano.