June 1991 Eruption of Mutnovsky

Name: June 1991 Eruption of Mutnovsky
Start: 1991-06
Location: Mutnovsky, Russia

June 1991 · 1 death

Mutnovsky in Russia erupted in June 1991. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Mutnovsky, Russia, with its other significant eruptions.

Open the live map with volcanic ash advisories

The eruption

Date: June 1991
Volcano: Mutnovsky, complex volcano
Country: Russia
Killed by: Indirect deaths (disease, starvation, exposure)
Location: 52.449° N, 158.196° E

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.

A geology student was killed when he fell through a snowfield crust into a thermal area mudpot. No eruption. (reference #9675)

Every eruption in 1991 The 1900s Mutnovsky Earthquakes near Mutnovsky

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 6564.