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Human death toll Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 ...
Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991. 2 Gamalama [100] Indonesia 2011 4 [101] 3 Pacaya [102] Guatemala 2010 3 [103] On May 27, at approximately 20:00 hours there was a strong eruption ejecting debris and ash columns up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) followed by several tremors.
Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...
Some 9,000 people — about 1 in 4 humans living in Iceland at the time — died of starvation as their land was transformed. Wikimedia Commons 1792: Mount Unzen, Japan
Volcano Location Date Pliny the Elder [1] 56: Mount Vesuvius: Italy: 24 August CE 79: Drusilla ~41: Mount Vesuvius: Italy: 24 August CE 79 Marcus Antonius Agrippa: Unknown: Mount Vesuvius: Italy: 24 August CE 79 Caesius Bassus [2] Unknown: Mount Vesuvius: Italy: 24 August CE 79 Aulus Umbricius Scaurus: Unknown: Mount Vesuvius: Italy: 24 ...
The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials said Sunday as ...
The Nov. 13, 1985 eruption became known as the Armero tragedy -- the deadliest of its kind in recorded history. It claimed the lives of an estimated 25,000 people.
Despite their ostensibly benign appearance, effusive eruptions can be as dangerous as explosive ones: one of the largest effusive eruptions in history occurred in Iceland during the 1783–1784 eruption of Laki, which produced about 15 km 3 (4 cu mi) of lava and killed one fifth of Iceland's population. [43]