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Which volcanoes have been the most destructive?

The five most destructive volcanic eruptions since 1700 are as follows:

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Volcano	Date of eruption	Number killed	Cause of death
Mt. Tambora, Indonesia	April 5, 1815	92,000	12,000 directly by the volcano; 80,000 from starvation afterward
Karkatoa, Indonesia	Aug. 26, 1883	36,417	90% killed by a tsunami
Mt. Pelee, Martinique	Aug. 30, 1902	29,025	Pyroclastic flows
Nevada del Ruiz, Colombia	Nov. 13, 1985	23,000	Mud flow
Unzen, Japan	1792	14,300	70% killed by cone collapse; 30% by a tsunami

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