The Mount Tambora volcanic eruption commenced on April 10 1815, on Sumbawa one of the many Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Mount Tambora is one of the many volcanoes in the ring of fire and the only volcano in recorded history to reach a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7. On the day of the eruption the explosion was heard from approximately 2000 kilometres away among the Sumatran islands. Mount Tambora is described as a Stratovolcano a large volcan layered within with ash and magma form past devastations.
Mount Tambora was created and formed by the active subduction zone beneath it. The subduction zone consists of the Australian plate and the Eurasian plate squeezing together at such force that the Australia plate slides beneath the Eurasian plate. The Mount Tambora eruption was caused by the convergent boundary where the Australian and Eurasian plates moved towards each other and clashed so the Australian plate slipped underneath creating a trench and increasing pressure. When Mount Tambora …show more content…
The explosion caused an earthquake and tsunami because of the pyroclastic flows and collapse of the caldera. These other devastations caused flooding and disaster on several of the other Indonesian islands. The death toll was sky high and as well as the largest death count recorded by a volcano, the ash filled the skies and killed all the vegetation and eatable crops resulting in more death by disease and starvation. The death toll reached at least 71000; 11000- 12000 were killed directly by the explosion. The eruption of Mount Tambora cast an irreparable toll on the climate ending with global cooling or as it’s most commonly known ‘The year without summer’. The earth’s temperature dropped drastically for a year because the ash and sulfur dioxide cast a cloud over the earth preventing the sunlight to reach it’s surface. Property and land damage was also extensive and
Mount Tambora was created and formed by the active subduction zone beneath it. The subduction zone consists of the Australian plate and the Eurasian plate squeezing together at such force that the Australia plate slides beneath the Eurasian plate. The Mount Tambora eruption was caused by the convergent boundary where the Australian and Eurasian plates moved towards each other and clashed so the Australian plate slipped underneath creating a trench and increasing pressure. When Mount Tambora …show more content…
The explosion caused an earthquake and tsunami because of the pyroclastic flows and collapse of the caldera. These other devastations caused flooding and disaster on several of the other Indonesian islands. The death toll was sky high and as well as the largest death count recorded by a volcano, the ash filled the skies and killed all the vegetation and eatable crops resulting in more death by disease and starvation. The death toll reached at least 71000; 11000- 12000 were killed directly by the explosion. The eruption of Mount Tambora cast an irreparable toll on the climate ending with global cooling or as it’s most commonly known ‘The year without summer’. The earth’s temperature dropped drastically for a year because the ash and sulfur dioxide cast a cloud over the earth preventing the sunlight to reach it’s surface. Property and land damage was also extensive and