Sounds and air vibrations

The eruption of Tambora sent the sound to a large distance. The farthest where the sound
was heard was in Bengkulu located 1,775 kilometers west of Tambora in the Island of
Sumatra. To the east the sound reached Ternate at a distance of 1,440 kilometers. Air
vibration rattled the window glasses in Surabaya about 600 kilometers west. The following
table shows the locations where the sounds of the eruption where heard (Table 2).
Table 2. Places where the eruption sounds were heard
No
1

Location

Island

Distance
(kilometers)

Description

Sumatra

1.775 West

The sounds were heard by some people on 11

April 1815

Fort
Marlborough
(Bengkulu)
Lampung

Sumatra

1.450 West

On April 11 detonations were heard all days

3
4

Bangka
Jakarta

Bangka
Java

1.500 West
1.250 West

Besuki

East Java

550 West

Banyuwangi

East Java

400 West

Surabaya

East Java

600 West

Sumenep

Madura

500 West

Banjarmasin

10

Makasar

11

Ternate

Kalimantan 750 North

East
Sulawesi
380 North
East
Ternate
1.400 East
Island

Alternated detonations were heard on April 11

Both on April 5 and April 10 the detonations
were heard
Sounds commenced on April 11 at 4.00 pm
and continued until April 12 at 2.00 pm.
Sounds were heard on April 10 in the evening.
Big waves and air vibration. Early in the
morning April 11, the sound diminished
Sounds were heard on April 10 in the
afternoon. Earthquake perhaps air vibration
following the sound
10 April, air vibration, darkness for 3 days.
Tsunami on April 11 at 7 pm
Ash fall (no detonations were heard)
Detonations both on April 5 and April 10
Detonation on both April 5 and April 10

Tsunamis
Tambora volcano is located in a peninsula called Sanggar. In the west it bounds with Saleh
Bay, in the north Flores Sea, and in the east with Sanggar Bay. The tsunami swept the
beaches of Sanggar Peninsula at the night of April 10 eruption about 10 oclock pm. Because
generally the villages were located at the coast, it was estimated that some 10 thousand
people at the peninsula lost their lives because of tsunami.
Geologically Tambora volcano was separated from the main island of Sumbawa. The
formation of Labumbum volcano complex 69 thousands years ago connected Tambora
volcano with the main island. It was no wonder, the Tambora eruption generated tsunami of
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