View Frequency Of Eruption Of Mount Tambora Background. Every now and again mount tambora erupts. The 1815 eruption of mount tambora was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history, with a volcanic explosivity index (vei) of 7.
The eruption of mount tambora in 1815 was a disaster for the dutch east indies, but its astonishing consequences were felt around the world, blocking the sun and bringing cold, famine, and disease to millions of people from china to the united states.
The 1815 eruption is rated 7 on the volcanic explosivity index, the only such eruption since the lake taupo eruption in about 180 ad. But krakatau is more widely known, partly the more i learned about the eruption of tambora, the more intrigued i became, convinced that few events in history show more dramatically how earth, its. The eruption killed at least 10,000 islanders and expelled enough ash, rock, and aerosols to block sunshine worldwide, lower the global temperature, and cause. In this week's episode of the futility closet podcast.