what was the beggist volcano eruption ?

Question

Volcanos have killed many many people through centuries and there are thousands of volcanos around the world but what was the biggest eruption which could be heard miles away from its place

Answer 1

Mount Tambora (or Tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on Sumbawa island, 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 process raised Mount Tambora as high as 4,300 m (14,000 ft), making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian archipelago, and drained off a large magma chamber inside the mountain. It took centuries to refill the magma chamber, its volcanic activity reaching its peak in 1815.

In 1815, Tambora erupted with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity Index; the largest eruption since the Lake Taupo eruption in AD 181. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island (more than 2,000 km or 1,200 mi away). Heavy volcanic ash falls were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Maluku islands. The death toll was at least 71,000 people, of which 11,000–12,000 were killed directly by the eruption. The eruption created global climate anomalies; 1816 became known as the Year Without a Summer because of the impact on North American and European weather. In the Northern Hemisphere, agricultural crops failed and livestock died, resulting in the worst famine of the century.

During an excavation in 2004, a team of archaeologists discovered a civilization obliterated by the 1815 eruption. It was kept intact deep beneath the 3 m (10 ft) pyroclastic deposits. Known as the Pompeii of the East, the artifacts were preserved in the positions they had occupied in 1815.

Answer 2

The Yellowstone Volcano has produced some of the largest eruptions ever. The volcano is rougly the size of the park. There have been 3 very large eruptions in the past 2 million years, with one of them equalling about 2000 times the size of Mt. St. Helens

Answer 3

Aye, it was in Iceland, not Ireland. Strangely enough when it first happened the (BBC) newsreader who was reading it out on the channel I had on said that it was in Ireland and didn't even bother to correct himself. First I've heard of a volcano in Ireland.. Anyway agooddub is right, no matter how high the plane flies, it'll still have to go through the ash to get there, so it would be completely pointless. The flight cancellations are not convenienet but it's better ahving that than risking the safety of passengers and staff on board the planes.

Answer 4

the early history of our planet (long before there was life on earth) was characterized by a much higher level of volcanic activity than we have known throughout human history. during this period there were many mega-volcanoes. the crust of the earth was so unstable then that it is impossible to reconstruct the history of every volcano that ever existed. the power of these mega-volcanoes, however, was very large. compared to it, a volcano like Mt. St. Helens is just a mere pop. we don't know what the largest volcanic eruption was but it was definitely one of these prehistoric mega-volcanoes.

Answer 5

Krakatoa (I do not know if that is the right spelling) eruption was so powerful that it destroyed the whole island and was said to be herd around the world. I believe this occurred in the late 1800's. I recently herd of another eruption that may have brought more devastation than Krakatoa but I am unsure of its name. I am not a History major and I am sure one of them will straighten me out on this.

Answer 6

Mt. Tambura, in Indonesia, in 1815 is the largest and most deadly volcanic eruption in the past 200 years. 92,000 people died as the result of the cataclysm.

Answer 7

In modern times it was Krakatoa, although Mt St Helens was the biggest in living memory

Answer 8

Don't forget Thera, of Atlantis legend.
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