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1541 eruption of Volcán de Agua
The 1541 event at Volcán de Agua was a rainfall-triggered lahar, not a magmatic eruption, that destroyed the capital Santiago de Guatemala on 11 September 1541.
1570 eruption of Mombacho
The 1570 eruption of Mombacho was a flank collapse and debris avalanche at Nicaragua's Mombacho volcano that buried an indigenous village on its south side, killing about 400 people.
1595 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz
The 1595 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz was the largest recorded eruption of the Colombian stratovolcano, a VEI 4 event on March 12, 1595, whose lahars down the Gualí and Lagunillas rivers killed 636 people.
1717 eruption of Volcán de Fuego
The 1717 eruption of Volcán de Fuego was a VEI 4 eruption in Guatemala lasting from August to December 1717, damaging the colonial capital, Santiago de Guatemala (now Antigua).
1845 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz
The 1845 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, a volcano in Colombia's Central Cordillera, sent lahars down the Lagunillas valley on 19 February 1845, killing about 1,000 people.
1902 eruption of Mount Pelée
The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on the French Caribbean island of Martinique destroyed Saint-Pierre on 8 May 1902, killing roughly 28,000 people in the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
1902 eruption of Soufriere St. Vincent
The 1902 eruption of Soufrière St. Vincent was a major eruption of La Soufrière on Saint Vincent that climaxed on 7 May 1902 and killed about 1,600 people.
1929 eruption of Santa Maria
The 1929 eruption of Santa María was a catastrophic collapse of the Santiaguito lava dome in western Guatemala on 2 November 1929, which killed hundreds to thousands.
1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz
The 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz was a small explosive eruption of the Colombian volcano on 13 November 1985, whose lahars destroyed Armero and killed more than 23,000 people.
1993 Galeras eruption
The 1993 Galeras eruption was a sudden explosive eruption of Galeras volcano in southwestern Colombia on January 14, 1993, killing six volcanologists and three tourists during a workshop field trip.
1994 eruption of Nevado del Huila
The 1994 event at Nevado del Huila, though not a volcanic eruption, was a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on 6 June 1994 that triggered landslides and a deadly lahar in Colombia.
2018 eruption of Fuego
The 2018 eruption of Fuego was a deadly explosive eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala on 3 June 2018, killing hundreds in San Miguel Los Lotes.
450 eruption of Ilopango
The 450 eruption of Ilopango was the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of the Ilopango caldera in central El Salvador, a VEI 6 event precisely dated to 431 CE.
Santa Ana
Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) volcano, El Salvador's highest at 2,381 m, a stratovolcano west of Coatepeque caldera; historic eruptions since 1520, 1722 San Marcelino lava flow, VEI 3 eruption on 1 October 2005.
Soufrière Hills eruption
The Soufrière Hills eruption is the ongoing eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat, which began in 1995, destroyed Plymouth, and killed at least 19 people.