June 26, 1993 Eruption of Pinatubo

Name: June 26, 1993 Eruption of Pinatubo
Start: 1993-06-26
Location: Pinatubo, Philippines

June 26, 1993 · VEI 1 · 4 deaths

Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted on June 26, 1993 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 4 people.

Where it erupted

Pinatubo, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: June 26, 1993
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: 4

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.

(reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Pinatubo

Every eruption in 1993 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 6428.