Diambil dari Metro Files, salah satu segmen pada Metro tv pada 25 Nov 2009 This video tells about the eruption of Tambora volcano in 1815 (plus there’s a legend behind it) The 1815 eruption is rated 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, the only such eruption since the Lake Taupo eruption in about 180 CE. With an estimated ejecta volume of 160 cubic kilometers, Tambora’s 1815 outburst was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island (more than 2000 km (1200 mil) away). Heavy volcanic ash falls were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Maluku islands. Most deaths from the eruption were from starvation and disease, as the eruptive fallout ruined agricultural productivity in the local region. The death toll was at least 71000 people (the most deadly eruption in recorded history), of whom 11,00012,000 were killed directly by the eruption. the often-cited figure of 92000 people killed is believed to be an overestimate. The eruption created global climate anomalies that included the phenomenon known as “volcanic winter”: 1816 became known as the “Year Without a Summer” because of the effect on North American and European weather. Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century.