February 1660 Eruption of Teon
Teon in the Pacific Ocean erupted in February 1660 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. The eruption killed 3 people.
Where it erupted
Teon, Pacific Ocean, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- February 1660
- Volcano
- Teon, stratovolcano
- Country
- Pacific Ocean
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
- Killed by
- Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras); Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
- Location
- 6.976° S, 129.144° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
2 or 3 choked and died.
Other significant eruptions of Teon
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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 458.