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Date Location Dead
1883, August 26-27 Krakatoa, Indonesia 36,000
1902, May 8 Mount Pelée, Martinique, West Indies Over 30,000
79, August 24 Mount Vesuvius, Italy 20,000
1669, March 25 Mount Etna, Sicily 20,000
1815, April 5 Tambora, Java 10,000 to 12,000
1783, June-August Mount Skaptar, Iceland 10,000
1919, May Mount Kelud, Indonesia 5,000
1631, December 16 Mount Vesuvius, Italy 4,000
1822, October 8 and 12 Galunggung, Java 4,000
1951, January 15 Mount Lamington, New Guinea 3,000 to 5,000

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