July 12, 1992 Eruption of Pinatubo

Name: July 12, 1992 Eruption of Pinatubo
Start: 1992-07-12
Location: Pinatubo, Philippines

July 12, 1992 · VEI 1 · 6 deaths

Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted on July 12, 1992 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 6 people.

Where it erupted

Pinatubo, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: July 12, 1992
Volcano: Pinatubo, stratovolcano
Country: Philippines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 1, small (eruption column 100 m to 1 km)
Killed by: Secondary (post-eruption) mudflows
Location: 15.130° N, 120.350° 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.

Secondary lahars from 1991 deposits killed 2 on July 12, 1992. Total fatalities during the 1992 rainy season were reported by one source to be 60, but the official fugure was listed as 6.

Other significant eruptions of Pinatubo

Every eruption in 1992 The 1900s Pinatubo Earthquakes near Pinatubo 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 4464.