On April 10, 1815, the Indonesian volcano of Mount Tambora exploded in the largest eruption in recorded history. On the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), a classification system akin to the scale ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced ... Overall, the eruption lowered the planet’s temperature by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. The eruption registered at a seven on the volcanic explosivity index (VEI), ...

The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Tambora on Sumbawa Island ... Tambora is "napping" peacefully now. In 1815, the eruption was rated 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), VEI 8 being the ...

The huge caldera—6 kilometers in diameter and 1,100 meters deep—formed when Tambora ... Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the ...

The eruption of Tambora ... the 1980 Mount St. Helens blast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which ranked the eruption as a seven on its eight-level volcanic explosivity index.

Vesuvius' monster eruption, which buried Pompeii and other nearby towns in feet of ash. It was the explosion of Mount Tambora in Indonesia ... on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, the second-highest ...

Mount Tambora changed the world. In 1815, the Indonesian volcano exploded in the most powerful eruption in recorded history, sending an enormous plume of tiny sun-reflecting particles high into ...

It rated 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index ... to a description of the Mount Tambora incident by Live Science: The eruption reached its peak in April 1815, when it exploded so loudly that ...