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2012 Event - Residents near Columbia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are evacuated due to a possible eruption

2011 Event - The ash cloud from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption closes 39 flights in Chile and Argentina

2011 Event - Volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile continues to disrupt flights in Australia

2011 Event - Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile

2011 Event - Germany determines it must shut down part of its airspace as volcanic ash from Iceland's Grisvotn eruption spreads through northern Europe

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

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

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

1959 Event - Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)

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

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

1867 Event - Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)

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

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

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

1815 Event - Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)

1783 Event - Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption

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

1759 Event - Destructive eruption of Vesuvius









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