June 10, 1944 Eruption of Cleveland
Cleveland in the United States erupted on June 10, 1944 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 1 person.
Where it erupted
Cleveland, United States.
The eruption
- Date
- June 10, 1944
- Volcano
- Cleveland, stratovolcano
- Country
- United States
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
- Killed by
- Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
- Location
- 52.825° N, 169.944° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
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.
Large blocks ejected over island; newspaper reported one man crushed by falling rocks and later covered by lava.
More
Every eruption in 1944The 1900sClevelandEarthquakes near ClevelandThis 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 3105.