Get Eruption Volcanic Mount Tambora Images. The following year became known as the year without a. The tremendous eruption of mount tambora in april 1815 was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 19th century.
The volcano looms over the java sea from the northern shore of the island of sumbawa, which lies towards the eastern end of the former dutch east indies, now indonesia.
It shook the world in many ways, some you won't believe. In april of 1815, mount tambora exploded in a powerful eruption that killed tens of thousands of people on the indonesian island of sumbawa. If april 7 is used and time zones considered, the volcano erupted april 6, 1815, north american time. Geological survey's volcano explosivity index, tambora scores a seven out of eight.