January 11, 1886 Eruption of Tungurahua
Tungurahua in Ecuador erupted on January 11, 1886 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. The eruption killed 2 people.
Where it erupted
Tungurahua, Ecuador, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- January 11, 1886
- Volcano
- Tungurahua, stratovolcano
- Country
- Ecuador
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
- Killed by
- Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts
- Location
- 1.467° S, 78.442° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
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 killed.
Other significant eruptions of Tungurahua
More
Every eruption in 1886The 1800sTungurahuaEarthquakes near TungurahuaThis 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 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 3965.