Significant Volcanic Eruption

Eruption Information Volcano Information
Event Date Start Date End Date VEI ID Name Location Latitude Longitude Elevation Morphology Status Time Erupt
1991-06-15 1991-04-02 1991-09-02 6 0703-083 Pinatubo Luzon-Philippines 15.13 120.35 1486 Stratovolcano Historical D1

Volcano Effects Total Effects (Volcano, Tsunami, Earthquake, etc.) Photos
Deaths Injuries Damage Houses Missing Deaths Injuries Damage Houses Missing
Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De
450 3 4 1 3 450 3 4 1 3 40
Volcano Event Comments

Comments for the Volcanic Event

4 were killed and 4 injured prior to the catastrophic June 15-16 eruptions that killed several hundred. By Aug 20, mudflows had killed more than 100. Disease at evacuation camps had (by Sept 20) brought the total fatalities to about 800. (reference #9675)

At least 137 people were killed and extensive damage was caused in Zambales Province by the eruptions. (reference #1053)

References for a Tsunami event ID

References for the Volcano Event

ID Author Year Citation
1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) 1971 to present Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to present.
1412 Simkin, Tom, and Lee Siebert with the collaboration of Russell Blong, Jonathan Dehn, Christopher Newhall, Roland Pool, and Thomas C. Stein 1994 Volcanoes of the World, Second Edition, A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism During the Last 10,000 Years, Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, in association with Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program, Washington, D.C., p. 164-176.
9675 Siebert, Lee, Tom Simkin, Paul Kimberly 2010 Volcanoes of the World, Third Edition, Geoscience Press, Inc., University of California Press, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., p. 329-347.