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1875 eruption of Mayon
The 1875 event at Mayon Volcano was a typhoon-triggered lahar, not an eruption: November 1875 rains mobilized eruption debris, killing about 1,500 people in Albay, Philippines, the volcano's deadliest recorded event.
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was a VEI 6 eruption in the Sunda Strait whose tsunamis killed over 34,000 people and produced the loudest sound in recorded history.
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
The 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera was a deadly basaltic eruption in New Zealand on 10 June 1886 that destroyed the Pink and White Terraces.
1888 eruption of Bandaisan
The 1888 eruption of Bandaisan (磐梯山, Mount Bandai) was a phreatic eruption on 15 July 1888 that blew off the summit in Fukushima Prefecture, killing 477 people.
1892 eruption of Awu
The 1892 eruption of Awu was an explosive eruption of Gunung Awu, a stratovolcano on Great Sangihe Island, Indonesia, that began on 7 June 1892 and killed about 1,532 people.
1892 eruption of Sorikmarapi
The 1892 eruption of Sorikmarapi was a VEI 2 eruption of the Sorikmarapi stratovolcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia, whose lahars killed 180 people at Sibangor village.
1897 eruption of Mayon
The 1897 eruption of Mayon was a strong Vulcanian eruption in Albay, Philippines, from June to July 1897 that killed about 350 people, mostly in pyroclastic flows.
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 Santa María
The 1902 eruption of Santa María was a Plinian eruption of the Guatemalan stratovolcano on 25 October 1902, among the largest of the 20th century, killing thousands.
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.
1909 eruption of Semeru
The 1909 eruption of Semeru was a volcanic episode at Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia, with lahars that killed about 220 people and destroyed 38 villages.
1911 eruption of Taal
The 1911 eruption of Taal was a violent phreatic eruption in Batangas, Philippines, whose explosions devastated Taal Volcano Island and killed more than 1,300 people.
1919 eruption of Kelud
The 1919 eruption of Kelud was a VEI 4 eruption of the Kelud volcano in East Java on 20 May 1919 that killed about 5,100 people, mostly in lahars.
1928 eruption of Paluweh
The 1928 eruption of Paluweh was an explosive eruption of Rokatenda volcano on Paluweh Island, Indonesia, from August 4 to September 25, 1928, that killed 226 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.
1930 eruption of Merapi
The 1930 eruption of Merapi was a deadly eruptive episode of Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, whose pyroclastic flows killed 1,369 people in December 1930.
1937 eruption of Rabaul
The 1937 eruption of Rabaul was an explosive eruption of the Rabaul caldera in New Britain that began on 29 May 1937 and killed about 500 people.
1947 eruption of Akagisan
The 1947 eruption of Akagisan killed 699 people in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, when Typhoon Kathleen triggered a lahar down the Aratogawa river without any eruption.
1951 eruption of Camiguin
The 1951 eruption of Camiguin was the deadliest phase of Mount Hibok-Hibok's 1948–1953 eruption in the Philippines, killing about 500 people on December 4, 1951.
1951 eruption of Lamington
The 1951 eruption of Lamington was a catastrophic explosive eruption of Mount Lamington in northern Papua New Guinea, killing about 3,000 people on 21 January 1951.
1963 eruption of Agung
The 1963 eruption of Agung was a major eruption of Bali's Mount Agung that killed an estimated 1,100 to 1,900 people and cooled global temperatures.
1965 eruption of Taal
The 1965 eruption of Taal was a deadly phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano in the Philippines that killed about 200 people and defined the volcanic base surge.
1966 eruption of Kelud
The 1966 eruption of Kelud was an explosive VEI 4 eruption of the Kelud volcano in East Java, Indonesia, on 26 April 1966, killing roughly 210 people.
1979 eruption of Iliwerung
The 1979 eruption of Iliwerung was actually a landslide-triggered volcanic tsunami: on 18 July 1979 a flank collapse at Iliwerung volcano, Indonesia, sent 7 to 9 m waves into Lembata Island's coast, killing hundreds.
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State killed 57 people, beginning with a magnitude 5.1 earthquake and the largest debris avalanche in recorded history.
1981 eruption of Mayon
The 1981 eruption of Mayon was not an eruption at all: Typhoon Daling's rains sent lahars down Mayon Volcano in the Philippines on 30 June 1981, killing dozens.
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.
1986 eruption of Oku Volcanic Field
The 1986 eruption of the Oku Volcanic Field was a limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon on 21 August 1986, killing at least 1,700 people.
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines climaxed on June 15, 1991, with a VEI 6 plinian eruption that formed a caldera and cooled global temperatures.
1991 Mount Unzen eruption
The 1991 Mount Unzen eruption, also called the Heisei eruption, ended 198 years of dormancy at Unzen volcano in Japan, killing 43 people in June 1991.