Tambora - the largest explosion ever recorded on Earth.

nakula02

The volcano Tambora, in the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, blew up in April 1815. It was the largest explosion ever recorded on Earth. There was no summer in 1816 because of the volcanic dust that obscured the Sun. Crops failed and livestock died causing the worst famine in the 19th century.

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nakula02

Mount Tambora (or Tomboro) is an active stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, on the Sumbawa islands, Indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and Tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. This raised Mount Tambora as high as 4,300 m (14,000 ft),[2] making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian archipelago, and drained off a large magma chamber inside the mountain. It took decades to refill the magma chamber, its volcanic activity reaching its peak in April 1815.[3]
Tambora erupted in 1815 with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, making it the largest eruption since the Lake Taupo eruption in about 180 CE.[4] The 1815 eruption of Tambora was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island (more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away). Heavy volcanic ash falls were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Maluku islands. Most deaths from the eruption were from starvation and disease, as the eruptive fallout ruined agricultural productivity in the local region. The death toll was at least 71,000 people (perhaps the most deadly eruption in history), of whom 11,000–12,000 were killed directly by the eruption;[4] the often-cited figure of 92,000 people killed is believed to be an overestimate.[5] The eruption created global climate anomalies; 1816 became known as the Year Without Summer because of the effect on North American and European weather. Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century.[4]
During an excavation in 2004, a team of archaeologists discovered cultural remains buried by the 1815 eruption.[6] They were kept intact beneath the 3 m (9.8 ft) deep pyroclastic deposits. At the site, dubbed the Pompeii of the East, the artifacts were preserved in the positions they had occupied in 1815.

mat_tempe

Unfortunately that's nothing we can do bout it except get prepared -natural disaster

alphawolf

Tambora is the largest RECORDED eruption.....try google 'Toba (yes THAT Lake Toba) Catastrophe' and the Yellowstone eruption.....oh did I mention about the Siberian and Deccan Traps?

cutecuppycake

pic please...

alphawolf

Tahun 1815/1816 mana ada kamera da...hehehe

razhar

adakah malaya juga terletak dibawah laluan lava???

copy_paste

dari map di atas malaysia pun x terkecuali dari laluan larva nih

alphawolf

Lava gunung tambora cuma masuk dalam laut...tak sampai malaysia..debu tambora merebak lebih luas tapi yang paling tebal pun masih di Indonesia...tapi kesan terbesar ialah pelepasan gas sulfur dioksida yang bergabung dengan oksigen dan nitrogen dalam udara membentuk asid sulfurik