View Mount Tambora April 5 1815 Pictures. Mount tambora ejected so much ash and aerosols into the. The 1815 eruption of mount tambora was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history, with a volcanic explosivity index (vei) of 7.
Mount tambora, or tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in the northern part of sumbawa, one of the lesser sunda islands of indonesia.
Ash began to fall and on 10 april. It produced enough debris to cover an area the size of rhode island in 183 feet of ash. Not only did it explode volcanic ash, but pumice rocks and volcanic ash have flown shooting mount tambora is centered in the image on the right on the sumbawa island, (southern) indonesia. On april 10, 1815, the towering peak exploded violently, killing more than 70,000 people as it spewed rock and ash high into the atmosphere.