June 24, 1990 Eruption of Rabaul
Rabaul in Papua New Guinea erupted on June 24, 1990. The eruption killed 6 people.
Where it erupted
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- June 24, 1990
- Volcano
- Rabaul, pyroclastic shield
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Killed by
- Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
- Location
- 4.246° S, 152.194° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 6
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.
An adult and two children died of suffocation in a vent on the east side of Tavurvur while hunting for wildfowl eggs. 3 friends and relatives died the following day trying to retrieve the bodies. No eruption. (reference #9675)
Other significant eruptions of Rabaul
More
Every eruption in 1990The 1900sRabaulEarthquakes near RabaulThis 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 6284.