Before the Mount Tambora eruption in 1815, the locals began noticing volcanic activity five days leading up to the eruption.

Tambora unleashed its fury over ... As with the disaster at Mt. Pelée, the shocking loss of life caused by this eruption might have been averted if government authorities had heeded warnings.

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 ...

Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, killing an estimated 92,000 people. It was the biggest eruption in recorded history. And yet, Tambora was about one-seventh the size of the ...

The Ring of Fire is also where an estimated 75% of the planet’s volcanoes are located, such as Mount Tambora of Indonesia, which erupted in 1815 and became the largest volcanic eruption in ...

The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 has been linked to climate change and social unrest. Such historical eruptions could serve as test cases for models used to assess future climate changes.

Mount Tambora’s 1815 eruption triggered the “year without a summer,” causing global cooling, failed crops, famine, and cultural shifts, including Mary Shelley's inspiration for Frankenstein.