Worst 10 Volcanic Eruptions

                        Worst 10 volcanic eruptions 
1.Mt. Tambora, Indonesia
April 10 - 15, 1816
Death Toll: 92,000

The eruption of Tambora killed an estimated 92,000 people, including 10,000 from explosion and ash fall, and 82,000 from other related causes.

The concussion from the explosion was felt as far as a thousand miles away. Mt. Tambora, which was more than 13,000 feet tall before the explosion was reduced to 9,000 feet after ejecting more than 93 cubic miles of debris into the atmosphere.

The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide: 1816 became known as the “year without a summer” because of the volcanic ash in the atmosphere that lowered worldwide temperatures. It snowed in New England that June, and crop failures were common throughout Northern Europe and North America. As many as 100,000 additional deaths from starvation in these areas are thought to be traced to the eruption.

2.
Mt. Pelee, West Indies
April 25 - May 8, 1902
Death Toll: 40,000

3.
Mt. Krakatoa, Indonesia
August 26 - 28, 1883
Death Toll: 36,000

4.
Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia
November 13, 1985
Death Toll: 23,000

5.
Mt. Unzen, Japan
1792
Death Toll: 12,000 - 15,000

6.
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
April 24, AD 79
Death Toll: 10,000+

7.The Laki Volcanic System, Iceland
June 8, 1783 - February 1784
Death Toll: 9350

8.
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
December 1631
Death Toll: 6,000

9.
Mt. Kelut, Indonesia
May 19, 1919
Death Toll: 5,110

10.
Mt. Galunggung, Java, Indonesia
1882
Death Toll: 4,011 
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