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Eruption


1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history

1986 Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000

1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption

1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)

1886 Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)

1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion

1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)

1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain

1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley

1816 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia

1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)

1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption

1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000

1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius


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