Tag Archives: Pacific Ring of Fire

A 2005 photograph of the volcanic island and caldera of Mount Tambora, Indonesia, taken from the International Space Station. In April 1815, Mount Tambora witnessed the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history.
1815: The Cataclysmic Eruption of Mount Tambora

The 1815 Mount Tambora eruption, one of the most explosive volcanic events in modern history, resulted in significant immediate and indirect fatalities. Its massive ash and gas emissions led to the "year without a summer," [...]

Aerial view of the Carbajal Valley in the Southern Andes, located in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
c. 10 Million BCE: The Andes – A Geological Marvel of Plate Collision

The Andes, formed by the collision of the Nazca plate with the South American plate, are a major volcanic zone extending through several South American countries and part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, characterized [...]