September 24, 1716 Eruption of Taal

Name: September 24, 1716 Eruption of Taal
Start: 1716-09-24
Location: Taal, Philippines

September 24, 1716 · VEI 4 · Deaths: few

Taal in the Philippines erupted on September 24, 1716 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Taal, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: September 24, 1716
Volcano: Taal, stratovolcano
Country: Philippines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Earthquake: Yes: the earthquake with it
Location: 14.011° N, 120.998° E

The toll

Deaths: Few (about 1 to 50)
Damage: Severe (about $5 to $25 million) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Houses destroyed: Many (101 to 1,000) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused

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.

1716, September 24-27. Casualties, tsunami, destructive of arable land. (reference #3541)

Such waves have formed in at least five major eruptions at Taal, those of 1716 September 24, 1749 August 11, 1754 November 28, 1911 January 30, and 1965 September 30. All have caused casualties. (reference #1686)

1716, September 24. Eruption of Taal volcano, Batangas. (reference #1058)

1716. Fatality details unknown. (reference #9675)

1716, September 24-27. Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI): 4? Area of Activity: Calauit (sublacustral SE flank). Eruptive Characteristics: Radial fissure eruption, Crater lake eruption, Explosive eruption, Pyroclastic flow(s), Fatalities, Damage (land, property, etc.), Tsunami (giant sea waves). (reference #2432)

1716, September 24. Destructive earthquake accompanied Taal eruption. (reference #4152)

Other significant eruptions of Taal

Every eruption in 1716 The 1700s Taal Earthquakes near Taal This day in weather history

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 752.