1815 eruption of Mount Tambora

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tambora
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:ash_cloud_circled_globe yes
gptkbp:ash_column_height over 40 km
gptkbp:ash_volume_ejected 160 cubic kilometers
gptkbp:ashFall over 1,300 km away
gptkbp:caldera_depth 600-700 m
gptkbp:caldera_diameter 6-7 km
gptkbp:casualties at least 71,000
gptkbp:caused_famine_in gptkb:China
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:climatic_effect global temperature drop
gptkbp:date April 1815
gptkbp:destroyed_settlements gptkb:Pekat
gptkb:Sanggar
gptkb:Tambora_village
gptkbp:effect_on_agriculture crop failures worldwide
gptkbp:effect_on_Asia monsoon disruption
gptkbp:effect_on_Europe cold, wet summer
gptkbp:effect_on_North_America frosts in June and July
gptkbp:effect_on_weather widespread famine
gptkbp:eruption_climax_date 10-11 April 1815
gptkbp:eruption_duration April to July 1815
gptkbp:eruption_end_date July 1815
gptkbp:eruption_start_date 5 April 1815
gptkbp:followed_by_eruption Mount Tambora minor eruptions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
gptkbp:impact caused the Year Without a Summer
gptkbp:influenced_literature gptkb:Frankenstein_by_Mary_Shelley
gptkb:The_Vampyre_by_John_Polidori
gptkbp:lava_flow yes
gptkbp:lava_volume_ejected 41 cubic kilometers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mount_Tambora
gptkb:Dutch_East_Indies
gptkb:Sumbawa
gptkbp:notable_for deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded history
largest eruption in recorded history
gptkbp:notable_survivor_account gptkb:Sir_Stamford_Raffles
gptkbp:preceded_by_eruption Mount Tambora minor eruptions
gptkbp:precededBy increased seismic activity
smaller eruptions
gptkbp:pyroclastic_flows yes
gptkbp:sulfur_dioxide_released 60 megatons
gptkbp:tsunami yes
gptkbp:VEI 7
gptkbp:volcanic_crater_formed gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:volcanic_explosivity_index 7
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sumbawa
gptkb:The_caldera_of_Mount_Tambora
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6