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970 Major volcano eruption in Mashu, Japan
1006 Major volcanic eruption
of Mount Merapi covers all of central Java with ash.
1282 The most recent eruption of Larderello, a volcano in southern Tuscany
, is observed.
1289 The 5,452 meter (17,887 feet) high volcano Popocatépetl is first ascended by members of the Tecuanipas tribe in present-day Mexico
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1783 The volcano Laki, in Iceland
, begins an eight-month eruption which kills 9350 people and starts a seven-year famine
. Eruption causes deaths of livestock when they eat contaminated grass and also widespread crop failure.
1792 Old lava dome collapses in Kyushu
, Japan
when Mount Unzen volcano erupts - resulting avalanche
and tsunami
kills about 14300
1816 Known as the "Year Without A Summer" or "Eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death" in the northern hemisphere due to global cooling caused by the Mount Tambora volcanic
eruption that had occurred in 1815.
1883 28 - Krakatau volcano eruption (local time)- 163 villages destroyed, 36380 dead.
1962 A volcano erupts in the Peru
vian Andes
, causing an avalanche
that buries 3000.
1967 December 4, At 1850 hours, a volcano erupts on Deception Island in Antarctica
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1967 Lost city discovered on the island of Thera, buried under volcanic
debris. It has been suggested that Plato
may have heard legends about this, and used them as the germ of his story of Atlantis
.
2000 The volcano Mount Cameroon erupts.
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