Top Ten Most Dangerous Volcanoes Of All Time
Mt. Tambora in Indonesia last erupted in 1815 claiming the lives of an estimated 100,000 people. This mountain is 9,354 feet tall, and covers an area of 200,000 acres (Photo: Pierre Markuse/Wikimedia Commons).
The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 killed about 40,000 people, and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage (Photo: Lord Mountbatten/Wikimedia Commons).
Mount Pelee, Martinique erupted in 1902, and it had a death count of nearly 30,000. The volcano destroyed the entire city of St. Pierre leaving only 2 survivors (Photo: Eugénie Peigné/Wikimedia Commons).
This very recent eruption in 1985 took the lives of 20,000 people, and caused $1 billion in damages (Photo: Jorge Jaramillo/Flickr).
Mt. Unzen in Japan erupted in 1792, and killed 15,000 people. The eruption also triggered a tsunami 57 meters high (Photo: optivion/Flickr).
Mt. Laki erupted in 1783 and produced a deadly haze. The thick haze from the 120 million tons of sulfur dioxide that was emitted resulted in thousands of deaths (Photo: Zinneke/Wikimedia Commons).
Mt. Kelut erupted in the year 1919 and killed about 5,110 people. this volcano has also had more than 30 eruptions since 1000 A.D. (Photo: Lutfi adn/Wikimedia Commons).
Galunggung mountain erupted in 1882 and killed almost 4,011 people. This volcano is still very active today (Photo: Ocyid X/Wikimedia Commons).
Mt. Vesuvius last erupted in 1631 killing approximately 3,500 people and this volcano acutally was formed from two different volcanoes (Photo: The Dronaut/Wikimedia Commons).
Mt. Illopango last erupted almost 1,500 years ago. This volcano formed in 260 A.D. (Photo: randreu/Wikimedia Commons).