1050 BC Eruption of Pinatubo

Name: 1050 BC Eruption of Pinatubo
Location: Pinatubo, Philippines

1050 BC · VEI 6

Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in 1050 BC with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.

Where it erupted

Pinatubo, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1050 BC
Volcano: Pinatubo, stratovolcano
Country: Philippines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
Location: 15.130° N, 120.350° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1050 BC +/ 500 years during the Maraunot eruptive period.

Other significant eruptions of Pinatubo

Every eruption in 1050 BC The 1000s BC Pinatubo Earthquakes near Pinatubo

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 5227.