1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
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Description
In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia, erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. This eruption, with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7, ejected 37–45 km3 of dense-rock equivalent (DRE) material into the atmosphere, and was the most recent confirmed VEI-7 eruption.
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