Wrath of the Ring of Fire

Notable Volcanic Eruptions Tell a Toll of Death

             1792 -- Mt. Unzen, Japan                   15,000  deaths
April     5, 1815 -- Mt. Tambora, Sumbawa, East Indies  10,000  deaths
March    17, 1963 -- Mt. Agung, Bali Indonesia           1,584  deaths
April    26, 1966 -- Mt. Kelud, Java Indonesia           5,000  deaths
February 21, 1979 -- volcano in Java, Indonesia            175+ deaths
June      3, 1991 -- Mt. Unzen, Japan                       43  deaths
June     12, 1991 -- Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines             745  deaths

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