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According to contemporary records, Hekla did not erupt in 1783; its previous eruption was in 1766. The Laki fissure eruption was 70 km (45 mi) east and the Grímsvötn volcano was erupting about 120 km (75 mi) northeast. Katla, only 50 km (31 mi) southeast, was still renowned after its spectacular eruption 28 years earlier in 1755.
Satellite picture of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki eruption on 5 November 2024. An eruption has been ongoing since 23 December 2023 in Lewotobi Laki-laki, displacing up to 6,500 people as of January 2024. [3] On 4 November 2024, the volcano spewed molten debris at several villages some 4 km (2.5 mi) away, destroying homes and killing at least ten.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD: 10,000+ Laki and Grímsvötn: 4 Iceland: 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] 10,000 Kelud: 5 Indonesia: 1586 [2] 6,000 Santa María: 6 Guatemala: 1902 1902 eruption of Santa María [3] 5,160 Kelud: 4 Indonesia: 1919 [2] 4,011 Mount Galunggung: 5 Indonesia: 1822 [4] 3,360 Mount Vesuvius: 5 Italy: 1631 1631 eruption ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive plumes of lava and forcing authorities to evacuate ...
An eruption of Laki, in Iceland, was responsible for up to hundreds of thousands of fatalities throughout the Northern Hemisphere (over 25,000 in England alone), and one of the coldest winters ever recorded in North America, 1783–1784; long-term consequences included poverty and famine that may have contributed to the French Revolution in 1789.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, on the remote island of Flores, has been active since a series of eruptions last Monday killed at least 10 people, covering towns and villages in volcanic ash and forcing ...
In recent years, the country has experienced several deadly eruptions. In November 2024, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores erupted more than a dozen times, killing nine people in ...
For technical reasons only the last 10,200 years of explosive eruptions have been characterised locally, [30] and the record gets more inaccurate with time especially prior to 1598, which is first eruption timed to the day. [1] The Laki eruptions which were both effusive and explosive between June 1783 and February 1784, [31] produced the ...