Tambora : The Greatest Global Climate Catastrophe *

Real need of earthquake insurance

Really, we require home insurance or fire insurance that expanded with insuring risk of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Almost all of Indonesia prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (except Borneo) because of impassable track "Ring of Fire." Note the map on the side, the yellow is subduction zone lines and almost all parts of Indonesia in the yellow-block, which means that Indonesia is save powerful disasters potential (such as grand eruption which created the former giant crater that is now Lake TOBA). Topography and geological structure of Sumatra, Java, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Papua, North Sulawesi to show proof of the existence Earth's plates and faults. This facts tell about a rationale need for earthquake insurance after buying fire insurance or home insurance.

INDONESIAN VOLCANOES

Indonesia has the most volcanoes in the world, there are 155 active volcanoes and 76 of them have experienced the eruption. According to The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) until October 2010, there are 22 volcanoes with the status of above normal and 3 of them very popular among Vulcanologist.

The Three Famous Volcanoes

The first is Krakatoa eruption in August 1883 with 36,000 deaths. The 2nd is Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta - as the most active volcano in the world. The third is Mount Tambora eruption. Tambora made the most powerful eruption in 10.000 years last, more 92,000 deaths instantly and more than 117,000 lives die due to hunger and disease in Sumbawa, Bali and Lombok after eruption. ( SOURCE http://www.volcanolive.com/tambora.html ).

Tambora Eruption Catastrophe

Location : North side of Sumbawa island, 8.25 degrees South
Latitude Longitude 118.00 degrees East

Summit elevation : 2850 m

History of eruption : in 1812-1815, 1880 and 1967

Type of volcano : Stratovolcano

Before the eruption, Tambora has a conical peak height 1400-1500 m above the Lava Shield, thus giving the absolute height of more than 4300 m. Missing cone as high as 1400 m during the eruption. And leaving a peak elevation until now at an altitude of 2850 m.The eruption began on 5 April 1815 with a rumble and a small pyroclastic emissions. During the 24-hour major eruption occurred on 10 April 1815 followed by a Plinian Phase hour and the collapse of the caldera. The sky remained dark for 2 days within a radius of 600 km from the volcano. The tremors shook the earth up to a distance of hundreds of miles and 92 000 killed due to pyroclastic flows which leads to the sea and sweep the dense population.

Mount Tambora recently

The Story of Suffering Due to Tambora

Massive eruption of Mount Tambora ejects matter most in human history, estimated as many as 36 cubic miles of volcanic material, creating a crater diameter of 7 km, the depth of the crater 800 m and the circumference of the crater 16 km. Compare the eruption of Krakatoa which ejects 5 km cubic and cause crater 5 km wide crater with a depth of 500 m.

Volcanic ash was in the atmosphere with a height of 10-30 km for a longtime. Sunlight was blocked by the dust cloud that resulted GLOBAL TEMPERATURE down 3 degrees Celsius, climate cycles become erratic and farmers can not cultivate food crops. Famine struck the Canadian, United States., United Kingdom and the Earth's Northern Hemisphere region. Frozen air that occur in these countries eliminate any dreams of farmers caused residents faced food shortages. In India also occurred crop failures and famine after the eruption. Hundred thousands of people in India was die of starvation.

Ireland has experienced the worst impact because it was very high rainfall and bitter cool air almost throughout the year because there was no summer along 1816. Approximately 65,000 people die of hunger and typhus epidemic affected. And then the epidemic was spread to mainland Europe and has killed 200,000 people.