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Major Volcanic Eruptions Before 1900

Volcano

Year

Deaths¹

Santorini (Thíra), Greece	about 1470 BC	unknown²
Vesuvius, Italy	AD 79	2,000³
Etna, Sicily, Italy	1169	15,000
Kelut, Java, Indonesia	1586	10,000
Etna, Sicily, Italy	1669	20,000
Ringgit, Java, Indonesia	1686	10,000
Vesuvius, Italy	1631	3,000
Papandayan, Java, Indonesia	1772	3,000
Laki, Iceland	1783	9,350
Unzen, Japan	1792	14,500
Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia	1815	10,000⁴
Krakatau, Indonesia	1883	36,000
1. All death tolls are estimates. 2. Number of deaths unknown; the explosion was four times more powerful than Krakatau. 3. Estimates vary greatly, from 2,000 (lowest) to 20,000 (highest). 4. A further 66,000 deaths were caused by starvation and disease brought on by the eruption.

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Volcano; Tambora; Krakatau; Etna, Mount; Vesuvius, Mount

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