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Deadliest
Volcanoes
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# |
Year |
Volcano |
Deaths |
Major
Cause of Death |
1 |
1815 |
Tambora, Sumbawa Island,
Indonesia |
92,000 |
approx. 10,000 killed directly, the remainder from disease
and famine |
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2 |
1883 |
Krakatoa, Rakata Island,
Indonesia |
36,417 |
tsunamis on the coasts of Java and Sumatra |
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3 |
1902 |
Mount Pelée, Martinique |
29,025 |
pyroclastic flows |
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4 |
1985 |
Nevado de Ruíz, Colombia |
25,000 |
lahars |
|
5 |
1792 |
Unzen, Japan |
14,300 |
avalanche and tsunami triggered by collapse of lava dome one
month after eruption |
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6 |
1783 |
Laki, Iceland |
9,350 |
famine and disease |
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7 |
1,600-
1,650 BC |
Santorini
Island, Greece |
unknown
|
possibly
pyroclastic flows, lahars, tsunamis |
|
8 |
1902 |
Santa
María, Guatemala |
6,000 |
ash
flows, lahars |
|
9 |
1919 |
Kelut, Indonesia |
5,110 |
lahars |
|
10 |
1882 |
Galung Gung, Indonesia |
4,011 |
lahars |
|
11 |
1631 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
3,500 |
lahars and lava flows |
12 |
79 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
3,360 |
pyroclastic flows and ash falls |
13 |
1772 |
Papandayan, Indonesia |
2,957 |
ash flows, landslides |
14 |
1951 |
Lamington, Papua New Guinea |
2,942 |
pyroclastic flows |
|
15 |
1982 |
El Chichón, Mexico |
2,000 |
ash flows |
16 |
1902 |
Sofrière, St. Vincent |
1,680 |
ash flows |
17 |
1741 |
Oshima, Japan |
1,475 |
tsunami |
18 |
1783 |
Asama, Japan |
1,377 |
ash flows, mudflows |
19 |
1911 |
Taal, Philippines |
1,335 |
ash flows |
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20 |
1814 |
Mayon, Philippines |
1,200 |
mudflows |
21 |
1963 |
Agung, Indonesia |
1,184 |
ash flows |
22 |
1877 |
Cotopaxi, Ecuador |
1,000 |
mudflows |
23 |
1991 |
Pinatubo, Philippines |
800 |
typhoon, disease |
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24 |
1640 |
Komagatake, Japan |
700 |
tsunami |
25 |
1845 |
Ruíz,
Colombia |
700 |
mudflows |
26 |
1951 |
Hibok-Hibok, Philippines |
500 |
ash flows |
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Sources
Breining, G. Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb
Beneath Yellowstone National Park. St. Paul, Minn.: Voyageur
Press, 2007.
Gates, A. E. and D. Ritchie. Encyclopedia of Earthquakes
and Volcanoes, 3rd edn. New York: Facts On File, 2007.
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