March 30, 1956 Eruption of Bezymianny

Name: March 30, 1956 Eruption of Bezymianny
Start: 1956-03-30
Location: Bezymianny, Russia

March 30, 1956 · VEI 5

Bezymianny in Russia erupted on March 30, 1956 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Bezymianny, Russia.

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The eruption

Date: March 30, 1956
Volcano: Bezymianny, stratovolcano
Country: Russia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 5, very large (eruption column over 25 km)
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Location: 55.972° N, 160.595° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

A tremendous explosion on 30 March 1956 and the eruption of unwelded ignimbrites caused a small tsunami, widely recorded on tide gauges in the Pacific.

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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 2952.