Volcanic Eruptions of the 1600s

• Huaynaputina, February 19, 1600VEI 6 · 1,500 deaths
• Hachijojima, January 23, 1606VEI 2 · tsunami
• Gamalama, July 18, 1608VEI 3 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• Tengchong, 1609Deaths: few
• Banda Api, March 1615VEI 3
• Fuego, 1617VEI 3
• Katla, September 2, 1625VEI 5
• Grimsvotn, 1629VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Furnas, September 3, 1630VEI 4 · 200 deaths
• Dama Ali, February 14, 163150 deaths
• Vesuvius, December 16, 1631VEI 5 · 4,000 deaths · tsunami
• Hekla, May 15, 1636VEI 3
• Raung, 1638VEI 4 · 1,001 deaths
• Tungurahua, 1640VEI 3 · 5,000 deaths
• Hokkaido-Komagatake, July 31, 1640VEI 5 · 700 deaths · 20 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Kie Besi, July 19, 1646VEI 4 · Deaths: many · tsunami
• Santorini, September 26, 1650VEI 4 · 120 deaths · tsunami
• San Salvador, September 30, 1659VEI 3
• Teon, November 11, 1659VEI 4 · tsunami
• Long Island, 1660VEI 6 · 2,000 deaths · tsunami
• Teon, February 1660VEI 4 · 3 deaths
• Guagua Pichincha, October 27, 1660VEI 4
• Katla, November 3, 1660VEI 4
• Toya, August 16, 1663VEI 5 · 5 deaths
• Io-Torishima, 1664Deaths: few · tsunami
• Unzendake, April 15, 1664VEI 2 · 30 deaths
• Etna, March 11, 1669VEI 3 · Deaths: many
• Etna, March 19, 1669VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• Ambae, 1670VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Fayal, April 24, 1672VEI 2 · 3 deaths
• Merapi, August 4, 1672VEI 3 · 3,000 deaths
• Gamkonora, May 20, 1673VEI 5 · Deaths: many · tsunami
• La Palma, November 22, 1677VEI 2 · 1 death
• Zukur, September 21, 1679Yemen
• Vesuvius, August 12, 1682VEI 3 · 4 deaths
• Grimsvotn, December 1684VEI 2 · 1 death
• Guntur, 1690VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• Vesuvius, February 3, 1690VEI 3 · tsunami
• Serua, June 4, 1692VEI 4 · Deaths: some
• Etna, January 9, 1693Italy
• Hekla, February 13, 1693VEI 4 · tsunami
• Banda Api, November 20, 1694VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• Ciremai, 1698VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• Cotopaxi, 1698VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• Vesuvius, May 1698VEI 3 · tsunami

• 4300s BC 2
• 4000s BC 2
• 3500s BC 2
• 2400s BC 1
• 2000s BC 1
• 1900s BC 1
• 1800s BC 2
• 1700s BC 1
• 1600s BC 2
• 1500s BC 1
• 1400s BC 1
• 1300s BC 1
• 1000s BC 2
• 400s BC 1
• 200s BC 1
• 100s BC 3
• 99 to 1 BC 1
• Years 1 to 99 4
• 200s 3
• 300s 2
• 400s 2
• 500s 2
• 600s 3
• 700s 4
• 800s 1
• 900s 5
• 1000s 1
• 1100s 6
• 1200s 4
• 1300s 15
• 1400s 5
• 1500s 30
• 1600s 45
• 1700s 63
• 1800s 150
• 1900s 378
• 2000s 152

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.