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Since the year 1700, the most deadly volcanic eruption was Mt. Tambora, Indonesia on April 5, 1815. It is estimated to have killed 12,000 people directly from the blast and another 80,000 from starvation following the event.

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Scientist believe the most powerful volcanic eruption occurred approximately 2 million years ago when the Yellowstone Caldera erupted. It produced an eruption 2500 times more powerful than the May 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption.

The two most destructive volcanoes in the past 200 years are located in Indonesia. Mt. Tambora, Indonesia killed 92,000 in April 1815. Krakatoa, Indonesia killed 36,417 in August 1883. Mt. Pelee, Martinique killed 29,025 in August 1902. Nevada del Ruiz, Colombia killed 23,000 in November 1985. Mt. Unzen, Japan killed 14,300 in 1792.

Another potential candidate for most destructive is a volcanic eruption related to a mantle plume hot spot dated from 60 and 68 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period in present day India. The present day formation is the Deccan Plateau. Scientists have observed that the very large amounts of gasses released contributed to global cooling by an average of two degrees. This is thought to have been responsible for a mass extinction event and also ultimately to have contributed in part to the mass extinction of the non avian dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (the primary mechanism however is thought to have been the Chicxulub impact event).
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It's not possible to say for sure, as volcanoes have been around for as long as the Earth, but the evidence for past eruptions tends to disappear over time.

The Lake Toba eruption around 75,000 years ago was most probably the most destructive eruption that has taken place while humans have been around.

The Deccan Traps eruptions 65 million years ago are considered to have played a major role in the changing climate around the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs.The most destructive volcanic eruption of all time when there were NO humans was the three major eruptions of Mt.Yellowstone in Yellowstone millions or billions of years ago.It's a super volcano but is there such thing as a super volcanic eruption?

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tambora was the largest eruption and it killed 92,000 people

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Tambora killed an estimate of 92,000 people because of :

1.Famine

2.Pyroclastic Flows

3.The "year without a summer"

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