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According to contemporary records, Hekla did not erupt in 1783; its previous eruption was in 1766. The Laki fissure eruption was 70 km (45 mi) east and the Grímsvötn volcano was erupting about 120 km (75 mi) northeast. Katla, only 50 km (31 mi) southeast, was still renowned after its spectacular eruption 28 years earlier in 1755.
This list documents volcanic eruptions by human death toll. Volcanic eruptions. Human death toll ... 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] 10,000 Kelud: 5 Indonesia: 1586 [2] 6,000
An eruption of Laki, in Iceland, was responsible for up to hundreds of thousands of fatalities throughout the Northern Hemisphere (over 25,000 in England alone), and one of the coldest winters ever recorded in North America, 1783–1784; long-term consequences included poverty and famine that may have contributed to the French Revolution in 1789.
(See Kverkfjöll index) Laki, , 1783-84 Phreatomagmatic, Strombolian, and Hawaiian eruptions. Estimated six million deaths world-wide - the deadliest volcanic eruption in historical times. (See Laki index, Lakagígar index) Centre of the Lakagígar fissure in the Laki mountain. (See "Laki index", "Lakagígar index") Laki in July 2012.
Laki [65] Iceland 1783–1784 10,000+ 1783–1784 eruption of Laki: 4 Mount Asama [104] Japan 1783 1,500–1,624 Tenmei eruption: 4 Raikoke [53] Russia 1778 15 [105] 4 Mount Usu [86] Japan 1769 4 Cotopaxi [80] Ecuador 1768 4 Hekla [38] Iceland 1766–1768 4 Miyake-jima [106] Japan 1763 4 Mount Pavlof [107] Alaska, United States 1762 4 Makian ...
At least 10 people have died after a volcano erupted several times overnight in eastern Indonesia, the country’s second major volcanic eruption in two weeks.. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a twin ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive plumes of lava and forcing authorities to evacuate ...
Indonesia to evacuate 16,000 people after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki eruption. November 4, 2024 at 9:43 PM. ... Authorities have revised the death toll down to nine from 10, with 63 injured and ...