July 29, 1978 Eruption of Bulusan

Name: July 29, 1978 Eruption of Bulusan
Start: 1978-07-29
Location: Bulusan, Philippines

July 29, 1978 · VEI 2

Bulusan in the Philippines erupted on July 29, 1978 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Bulusan, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: July 29, 1978
Volcano: Bulusan, stratovolcano
Country: Philippines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 12.769° N, 124.056° E

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

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.

Other significant eruptions of Bulusan

Every eruption in 1978 The 1900s Bulusan Earthquakes near Bulusan This 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 698.