List of volcanic eruptions by death toll
Volcanic eruptions

List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

Section Title: Volcanic eruptions
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Death toll	Volcano	Location	Year	Source(s)

1	71,000+ (regarded as having caused the Year Without a Summer creating famines in Europe and America)	Mount Tambora	Indonesia	1815

2	36,000+	Krakatoa	Indonesia	1883

3	30,000	Mount Pelée	Martinique	1902

4	23,000	Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	1985

5	15,000 to 20,000 in London, England due to post-eruption famine	Mount Samalas Lake Segara Anak	Indonesia	1257

6	15,000	Mount Unzen	Japan	1792

7	13,000+ (estimated)	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	79

8	10,000+ (particulate and sulphur emissions caused widespread deaths and famines throughout Europe and Africa)	Grímsvötn	Iceland	1783

10,000	Kelud	Indonesia	1586

10	6,000	Santa Maria	Guatemala	1902

11	5,000	Kelud	Indonesia	1919

12	4,011	Mount Galunggung	Indonesia	1822

13	3,500	El Chichón	Mexico	1982

14	3,360	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	1631

15	2,957	Mount Papandayan	Indonesia	1772

16	2,942	Mount Lamington	Papua New Guinea	1951

17	2,806	Awu	Indonesia	1856

18	2,000	Tseax Cone	Canada	c. 1700

19	1,680	Soufrière	St. Vincent	1902

20	1,584	Mount Agung	Indonesia	1963

21	1,532	Awu	Indonesia	1892

22	1,500 (atmospheric particulates may have contributed to the Russian famine of 1601–03)	Huaynaputina	Peru	1600

1,500	Mount Etna	Italy	1669

24	1,369	Mount Merapi	Indonesia	1930

25	1,335	Mount Mayon	Philippines	1897

26	1,151	Mount Asama	Japan	1783

27	1,000	Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	1845

1,000	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	1877

29	847	Mount Pinatubo	Philippines	1991

30	600	Nevado del Ruiz	Colombia	1595

31	477 (official confirmed)	Mount Bandai	Japan	1888

32	437	Anak Krakatoa	Indonesia	2018

33	400+	Kilauea	Kingdom of Hawai'i	1790

34	353	Mount Merapi	Indonesia	2010

35	326	Makian	Indonesia	1861

36	245	Nyiragongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2002

37	190	Volcán de Fuego	Guatemala	2018

38	151	Mount Ruapehu	New Zealand	1945

39	150	Mount Tarawera	New Zealand	1886

150	Tori-shima	Japan	1902

41	144 (official confirmed)	Mount Tokachi	Japan	1926

42	106	Dubbi	Eritrea	1861

43	87	Volcán Arenal	Costa Rica	1968

44	70	Nyiragongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1977

45	63	Mount Ontake	Japan	2014

46	57	Mount St. Helens	United States	1980

47	56	Mount Etna	Italy	1843

48	43	Mount Unzen	Japan	1991

49	31	Bayonnaise Rocks	Japan	1952

31	Nabro Volcano	Eritrea	2011

51	27	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	1944

52	19	Soufrière Hills	Montserrat	1997

53	18	Galunggung	Indonesia	1982

54	16	Sinabung	Indonesia	2014

55	9	Galeras	Colombia	1993

56	5	Mount Hudson	Chile	1971

57	4	Jebel at Tair	Yemen	2007

58	3	Pacaya	Guatemala	2010

59	1	Eldfell	Iceland	1973

?	?	Thera	Greece	−1620 (BC)

Sentence(s)

The Armero tragedy was the second most deadly volcanic disaster of the 20th century, surpassed only by the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée.

final_sentence: The Armero tragedy was the second most deadly volcanic disaster of the 20th century, surpassed only by the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée.