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The 25 km long crater row called Lakagigar was created during a relatively short, intensive, and  catastrophic eruption between the 8th of June 1783 and February 1874. It was among the biggest and poisonous lava eruptions of  the earth during historical times. It created two vast lava fields with a total area of 565 km², and the total volume of tephra emitted was estimated to have been 12,3 km³. The consequences were enormous. Between 53% and 82% of the domestic animals and 20% of the human population perished as a result