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Human death toll Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Years Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 ...
One elderly person died during the evacuation efforts. On May 6, the eruption became more forceful and generated a wider and darker gray ash plume to an estimated altitude of 30,000 m (98,400 ft) into the stratosphere. All remaining people in Chaitén were ordered to evacuate, as well as anyone within 50 km of the volcano. 4 Mount Okmok [69]
Highest point; Elevation: 6,896 ft (2,102 m) NGVD 29 [1] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Lassen and Shasta counties, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cascade Range: Topo map: USGS Prospect Peak: Geology; Mountain type: Extinct Cinder cone: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc: Last eruption: 1666: Climbing; Easiest route: Trail hike: Cinder Cone is a cinder cone volcano in Lassen Volcanic ...
The volcanic eruption in eastern Congo two days ago has killed at least 32 people, officials said Monday as residents searched for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the ...
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( August 2008 ) This is a list of notable people who died as a result of injuries sustained during a volcanic eruption .
A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...
Shock images show roads split apart near Grindavik in Iceland as the country braced for a volcanic eruption following a series of earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground.. The ...
They can continue for years or decades, producing extensive fluid mafic lava flows. [43] For example, Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi continuously erupted from 1983 to 2018, producing 2.7 km 3 (1 cu mi) of lava covering more than 100 km 2 (40 sq mi). [44]