February 1, 1814 Eruption of Mayon
Mayon in the Philippines erupted on February 1, 1814 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. The eruption killed 1,200 people.
Where it erupted
Mayon, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- February 1, 1814
- Volcano
- Mayon, stratovolcano
- Country
- Philippines
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
- Killed by
- Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts; Mudflows and lahars; Electrical (lightning)
- Location
- 13.257° N, 123.685° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,200
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
COMVOL regarded most deaths as due to lahars but more recent workd at Casagua suggests pyroclastic flows were dominant cause of fatalities. Town of Budiao destroyed; town of Camalig also destroyed and burned; towns of Albay, Guinobatan and Balusan partly destroyed. Some deaths from electrical discharges.
Other significant eruptions of Mayon
More
Every eruption in 1814The 1800sMayonEarthquakes near MayonThis 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 707.