Mayon

October 30, 1800 Eruption of Mayon

October 30, 1800 · VEI 2 · Deaths: few

Mayon in the Philippines erupted on October 30, 1800 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Mayon, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
October 30, 1800
Volcano
Mayon, stratovolcano
Volcanic Explosivity Index
2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location
13.257° N, 123.685° E

The toll

Deaths
Few (about 1 to 50)

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.

Unknown number of deaths.

Other significant eruptions of Mayon

More

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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 706.