Download Mount Tambora 1815 Eruption Death Toll PNG. It brought about the year without a summer. Eruption of the volcano at mount tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the 19th century.
The 1815 eruption is rated 7 on the volcanic explosivity index, the only such eruption since the lake taupo eruption in about 180 ad.
Some 12,000 people were killed as a direct result of the eruption, with even more dying in the aftermath mount tambora also likely had at least one major impact on culture. Standing nearly 14,000 feet high, tambora experienced small tremors and. Mount tambora is an active volcano on the island of sumbawa in indonesia. The death toll from the eruption was horrific: