Popocatepetl

June 22, 2022 Eruption of Popocatepetl

June 22, 2022 · VEI 2 · 1 death

Popocatepetl in Mexico erupted on June 22, 2022 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Popocatepetl, Mexico, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
June 22, 2022
Volcano
Popocatepetl, stratovolcano
Country
Mexico
Volcanic Explosivity Index
2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Killed by
Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts
Location
19.023° N, 98.622° W

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 hiker died as a result of the eruption after being hit by volcanic rock. Another hiker was seriously injured with a broken femur and broken ribs by a tool that had punctured his body following a fall. Both individuals were hiking without permission in a restricted area that was off limits to the public. (reference #13262)

Popocatepetl is an active and very dangerous volcano. Access to the volcano has been closed to the public since 1994 and its activity is constantly monitored to keep the population informed and alert if necessary. A 12 km exclusion radius is intended to preserve people's lives, moving them away from the area where it has been proven that the activity can be lethal. (reference #13261)

Other significant eruptions of Popocatepetl

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Every eruption in 2022The 2000sPopocatepetlEarthquakes near PopocatepetlThis 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 7555.