List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

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Volcanic eruptions can be highly explosive. Some volcanoes have undergone catastrophic eruptions, killing large numbers of humans or other life forms. This list documents volcanic eruptions by human death toll.

Volcanic eruptions

class="sortable wikitable"

! data-sort-type="number" | Human death toll

! data-sort-type="text"| Volcano

! data-sort-type="number"| VEI

! data-sort-type="text"| Location

! data-sort-type="number"| Year

! data-sort-type="number"| Eruption

! data-sort-type="number"| Source(s)

71,000 to 250,100+

|Mount Tambora

|style="text-align: center;"|7

|Indonesia

|1815

|1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer

|

36,000+

|Krakatoa

|style="text-align: center;"|6

|Indonesia

|1883

|1883 eruption of Krakatoa

|

30,000

|Mount Pelée

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Martinique

|1902

|1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

|

23,000

|Nevado del Ruiz

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Colombia

|1985

|Armero tragedy

|

20,000~ (estimated)

|Santorini

|style="text-align: center;"|6

|Greece

|c. 1600 BC

|Minoan eruption

|

15,000 to 20,000

|Mount Samalas

|style="text-align: center;"|7

|Indonesia

|1257

|1257 Samalas eruption

|

15,000

|Mount Unzen

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Japan

|1792

|1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami

|

13,000+ (estimated)

|Mount Vesuvius

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Italy

|79

|Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

|

10,000+Laki and Grímsvötn

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Iceland

|1783

|Laki 1783 eruption

|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/06/local-and-global-impacts-1793-laki-eruption-iceland/|title=Local and Global Impacts of the 1783–84 Laki Eruption in Iceland|magazine=Wired}}

10,000

|Kelud

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Indonesia

|1586

|

|

6,000

|Santa María

|style="text-align: center;"|6

|Guatemala

|1902

|1902 eruption of Santa María

|{{cite web|title=What is the largest eruption ever? {{!}} Volcano World {{!}} Oregon State University|url=http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-largest-eruption-ever|website=volcano.oregonstate.edu|access-date=11 August 2016|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117034608/http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-largest-eruption-ever|url-status=dead}}

5,160

|Kelud

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|1919

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kelud.html |title=Kelud |website=Volcano Discovery}}

4,011

|Mount Galunggung

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Indonesia

|1822

|

|{{cite web|title=Galunggung {{!}} Volcano World {{!}} Oregon State University|url=http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/galunggung|website=volcano.oregonstate.edu|date=25 October 2010}}

3,360

|Mount Vesuvius

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Italy

|1631

|1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

|

3,000

|Ritter Island

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Papua New Guinea

|1888

|1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami

|

2,957

|Mount Papandayan

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1772

|

|{{cite gvp|name=Papandayan|vn=263100|access-date=2021-06-24}}

2,942

|Mount Lamington

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Papua New Guinea

|1951

|1951 eruption of Mount Lamington

|

2,806

|Mount Awu

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1856

|

|

2,033

|Oshima Oshima

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1741

|1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami

|

2,000

|Tseax Cone

|{{dunno}}

|Canada

|{{Circa|1700|sortable=yes}}

|

|{{citation | contribution-url=https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007CD/webprogram/Paper121306.html | contribution=Tseax Volcano: A Deadly Basaltic Eruption in North-Western British Columbia's Stikine Volcanic Belt | title=Geological Society of America 103rd Annual Meeting | date=2007 | access-date=23 February 2019 |author=Hickson, C.J. |author2=Spurgeon, T.C. |author3=Cocking, R.B. |author4=Russell, J.K. |author5=Woodsworth, G.J. |author6=Ulmi, M. |author7=Rust, A.C. }}{{cite journal | title=The Cascadia megathrust earthquake of 1700 may have rejuvenated an isolated basalt volcano in western Canada: Age and petrographic evidence | author=Higgins, M.D. | journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | year=2009 | volume=179 | issue=1–2 | pages=149–156 |doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.016| bibcode=2009JVGR..179..149H }}

1,900

|El Chichón

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Mexico

|1982

|

|{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/03/looking-back-at-the-1982-eruption-of-el-chichon-in-mexico/|title = Looking Back at the 1982 eruption of el Chichón in Mexico|magazine = Wired}}

1,700

|Soufrière

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|St. Vincent

|1902

|

|{{Cite news|date=1902-05-26|title=St. Vincent volcano is now less active (1902)|page=1|work=The Fort Wayne Sentinel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75773599/st-vincent-volcano-is-now-less-active/|access-date=2021-04-15|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415011127/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75773599/st-vincent-volcano-is-now-less-active/|url-status=live}}

1,584

|Mount Agung

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Indonesia

|1963

|

|

1,532

|Mount Awu

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1892

|

|

1,500

|Huaynaputina

|style="text-align: center;"|6

|Peru

|1600

|

|{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/1n-1600-huaynaputina-in-south-america-erupted-the-disastrous-effects-were-felt-all-over-the-world-read-on/article8252698.ece|title=Firing the sky|date=18 February 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=26 April 2018|last1=Subramanian|first1=Archana}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.volcanocafe.org/the-winter-of-huaynaputina/|title=The winter of Huaynaputina|last=Zijlstra|first=Albert|date=30 June 2017|website=volcanocafe.org|access-date=9 February 2018}}

1,369

|Mount Merapi

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1930

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.livescience.com/11081-faq-mount-merapi.html |title=A Look Inside Mount Merapi |website=Live Science|date=8 November 2010 }}

1,335

|Taal

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Philippines

|1911

|

|{{cite web |url=http://volcanolive.com/taal.html |title=Taal Volcano |website=Volcano Live |publisher=John Seach}}

1,300

|Gamalama

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1775

|

|{{cite web |url=http://earthquake-report.com/2011/12/05/eruption-of-the-gamalama-volcano-ternate-indonesia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212090252/http://earthquake-report.com/2011/12/05/eruption-of-the-gamalama-volcano-ternate-indonesia/ |archive-date=2012-02-12 |title=Eruption of the Gamalama volcano |website=earthquake-report.com |url-status=usurped |date=December 7, 2011}}

1,200

|Mount Mayon

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Philippines

|1814

|

|

1,151

|Mount Asama

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1783

|Tenmei eruption

|

1,000

|Nevado del Ruiz

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Colombia

|1845

|

|

847

|Mount Pinatubo

|style="text-align: center;"|6

|Philippines

|1991

|1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo

|

700

|Hokkaido Komagatake

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Japan

|1640

|

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199809-285020 |title=Report on Hokkaido-Komagatake (Japan) — September 1998 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199809-285020 }}

600

|Nevado del Ruiz

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Colombia

|1595

|

|{{cite news |title=BBC:On this day: November 13: 1985: Volcano kills thousands in Colombia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/13/newsid_2539000/2539731.stm |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 13, 1985 |access-date=September 3, 2009 }}

507

|Tavurvur

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Papua New Guinea

|1937

|

|{{cite journal |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0377027385900356 |title=Rabaul Caldera |journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research |date=February 1985 |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=195–237 |doi=10.1016/0377-0273(85)90035-6 |last1=McKee |first1=C. O. |last2=Johnson |first2=R. W. |last3=Lowenstein |first3=P. L. |last4=Riley |first4=S. J. |last5=Blong |first5=R. J. |last6=De Saint Ours |first6=P. |last7=Talai |first7=B. }}

500

|Hibok-Hibok

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Philippines

|1951

|

|{{cite web |url=http://volcanolive.com/hibok.html |title=Hibok-Hibok Volcano |website=Volcano Live |publisher=John Seach}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bohol-philippines.com/mt-hibok-hibok.html |title=Hibok-Hibok at Camiguin Philippines |website=Bohol Philippines}}

477

|Mount Bandai

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1888

|1888 eruption of Mount Bandai

|

426

|Anak Krakatoa

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|2018

|2018 Sunda Strait tsunami

|

416

|Ruang

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1871

|1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami

|

400+

|Kilauea

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Hawaii, United States

|1790

|Keanakakoi eruption

|

350 to 400

|Mount Mayon

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Philippines

|1897

|

|{{cite web |url=http://volcanolive.com/mayon.html |title=Mayon Volcano, Philippines |website=Volcano Live |publisher=John Seach}}

353

|Mount Merapi

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|2010

|2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi

|

340

|Cotopaxi

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Ecuador

|1877

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddata.info/america/ecuador/volcanos.php |title=Ecuador Volcanoes |website=World Data}}

326

|Makian

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|1861

|

|

245

|Nyiragongo

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Democratic Republic of the Congo

|2002

|

|

216

|Mount Vesuvius

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Italy

|1906

|

|{{Cite web|title=L'eruzione del 1906|url=https://www.ov.ingv.it/index.php/storia-vesuvio/1906|website=Vesuvius Observatory|language=it}}

190 to 2,900

|Volcán de Fuego

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Guatemala

|2018

|2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption

|{{Cite news|url=http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/erupcion-volcan-de-fuego-conred-cifra-en-332-el-numero-de-desaparecidos-por-erupcion-volcanica|title=Conred cifra en 332 el número de desaparecidos por erupción volcánica|last1=Paredes|first1=Enrique|date=4 July 2018|work=Prensa Libre|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704211535/http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/erupcion-volcan-de-fuego-conred-cifra-en-332-el-numero-de-desaparecidos-por-erupcion-volcanica|archive-date=4 July 2018|url-status=live|last2=Morales|first2=Sergio|location=Guatemala|trans-title=Conred: 332 the number of missing due to volcanic eruption}}

160+

|Paluweh

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1928

|

|{{cite web | url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/paluweh-eruptions.html | title=Paluweh volcano eruptions - eruptive history, info / VolcanoDiscovery }}

150

|Tori-shima

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Japan

|1902

|

|{{cite web|title=INHABITANTS OF ISLAND ALL KILLED BY VOLCANO:; The 150 Japanese Residents of Torishima Dead – Eruption Still Proceeding.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/08/19/101963038.pdf}}

149

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Indonesia

|1979

|1979 eruption of Sinila crater

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN197903-263200 |title=Report on Dieng Volcanic Complex (Indonesia) — March 1979 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN197903-263200 }}

144

|Mount Tokachi

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Japan

|1926

|

|:ja:十勝岳#噴火史#大正噴火 Retrieved 19 June 2018.{{Better source needed|reason=current source is an article in Japanese Wikipedia, written in Japanese|date=February 2019}}

117

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1944

|

|{{cite web |url=https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/dieng-volcanic-complex |title=Dieng Volcanic Complex |date=29 September 2010 |publisher=Oregon State University}}

114

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Indonesia

|1964

|

|

108 to 120

|Mount Tarawera

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|New Zealand

|1886

|1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera

|

106

|Dubbi

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Eritrea

|1861

|

|

87

|Volcán Arenal

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Costa Rica

|1968

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.arenal.net/arenal-volcano-1968-eruption.htm |title=Arenal Volcano 1968 eruption |publisher=Arenal.net |access-date=2015-06-19}}

80

|Mount Marapi

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1979

|1979 eruption of Mount Marapi

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN197905-261140 |title=Report on Marapi (Indonesia) — May 1979 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN197905-261140 }}

79

|Mount Mayon

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Philippines

|1993

|

|{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mayon-Volcano | title=Mayon Volcano | Eruption, History, & Facts | Britannica | date=7 March 2024 }}

70

|Nyiragongo

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Democratic Republic of the Congo

|1977

|

|{{cite journal |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.NSEB197703-223030#:~:text=One%20of%20Africa's%20most%20notable,its%20neighboring%20shield%20volcano%2C%20Nyamuragira. |title=Report on Nyiragongo |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.NSEB197703-223030 }}

70~

|Kolumbo

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Greece

|1650

|

|{{Cite journal|last1=Rizzo|first1=Andrea Luca|last2=Caracausi|first2=Antonio|last3=Chavagnac|first3=Valèrie|last4=Nomikou|first4=Paraskevi|last5=Polymenakou|first5=Paraskevi N.|last6=Mandalakis|first6=Manolis|last7=Kotoulas|first7=Georgios|last8=Magoulas|first8=Antonios|last9=Castillo|first9=Alain|last10=Lampridou|first10=Danai|date=2016-06-17|title=Kolumbo submarine volcano (Greece): An active window into the Aegean subduction system|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|page=28013|doi=10.1038/srep28013|pmid=27311383|pmc=4911562|bibcode=2016NatSR...628013R|issn=2045-2322}}

69

|Semeru

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|2021

|2021 Semeru eruption

|

64

|Mount Merapi

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1994

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Merapi |title=Mount Merapi |website=Britannica |publisher=The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica}}

63

|Mount Ontake

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Japan

|2014

|2014 Mount Ontake eruption

|

58

|Sakurajima

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1914

|

|{{cite news|title=Japan's Sakurajima volcano due for major eruption within 30 years, say scientists|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37358316|work=BBC News |date=14 September 2016|access-date=24 February 2017}}

57

|Mount St. Helens

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|United States

|1980

|1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

|

56

|Mount Etna

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Italy

|1843

|

|{{cite book|last1=Simkin|first1=T.|last2=Siebert|first2=L.|date=1994|title=Volcanoes of the World|pages=163–176|publisher=Geoscience Press|location=Tucson, Arizona|isbn=978-0-945005-12-4|chapter=Fatalities and Evacuations|edition=2nd}}

56

|La Soufrière

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

|1812

|

|{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5751/ |title=The La Soufrière National Park |website=UNESCO}}

50

|Mount Usu

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1822

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia02608-aster-images-mt-usu-volcano |title=ASTER Images Mt. Usu Volcano |website=NASA |publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}

43

|Mount Unzen

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Japan

|1991

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Unzen |title=Mount Unzen |website=Britannica |publisher=The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica}} Accessed 17 July 2022

40

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1928

|

|

39

|Taal

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Philippines

|2020

|2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions

|

38

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1786

|

|

32

|Mount Nyiragongo

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Democratic Republic of the Congo

|2021

|2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption

|

32

|Kelud

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|1990

|

|{{cite journal |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199001-263280 |title=Report on Kelud (Indonesia) — January 1990 |journal=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199001-263280 }}

31

|Bayonnaise Rocks

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Japan

|1952

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/tokyo/STOCK/souran_eng/volcanoes/066_beyonesu_rocks.pdf|title=66. Beyonesu (Bayonnaise) Rocks (including Myojinsho)|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|language=English|access-date=26 March 2017}}

31

|Nabro Volcano

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Eritrea

|2011

|2011 Nabro eruption

|

30

|Rinjani

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|1994

|

|{{cite web |url=http://volcanolive.com/rinjani.html |title=Rinjani Volcano |website=Volcano Live |publisher=John Seach}}

27

|Mount Vesuvius

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Italy

|1944

|

|

25

|Villarrica

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Chile

|1964

|

|{{cite web |url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/Villa_1963.html |title=Villarrica volcano, Chile |website=Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences}}

24

|Monte Nuovo (Phlegraean Fields)

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Italy

|1538

|

|{{Cite web |last=Sansivero |first=Fabio |title=Osservatorio Vesuviano - Monte Nuovo |url=https://www.ov.ingv.it/index.php/flegrei-storia-eruttiva/le-eruzioni-principali/monte-nuovo |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=www.ov.ingv.it |language=it-IT}}

23

|Villarrica

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Chile

|1948

|

|{{cite web |url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/Villa_1948.html |title=Villarrica volcano, Chile |website=Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences}}

23

|Mount Marapi

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|2023

|2023 eruption of Mount Marapi

|

22

|Whakaari/White Island

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|New Zealand

|2019

|2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption

|

19

|Soufrière Hills

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Montserrat

|1997

|

|{{cite web|title=The victims of Montserrat's volcano tragedy deserve an investigation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/victims-montserrat-volcano-tragedy-investigation|website=The Guardian|date=25 June 2012}}

18

|Galunggung

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|1982

|

|

16

|Sinabung

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|2014

|

|{{cite web|title=Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung eruption causes 16 deaths|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/indonesian-volcano-mount-sinabung-eruption-causes-16-deaths-9102479.html|website=The Independent|date=2 February 2014}}

15 to 30

|Villarrica

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Chile

|1971

|

|{{cite web |url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/Villa_1971.html |title=Villarrica volcano, Chile |website=Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences}}

15

|Raikoke

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Russia

|1778

|

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=290250#:~:text=In%201778%20an%20eruption%20killed,later%20(Gorshkov%2C%201970). |title=Report on Raikoke (Russia) — August 2019 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}

10

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Indonesia

|1939

|

|

10

|Lewotobi

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Indonesia

|2024

|

|{{Cite web |title=Indonesia: At least 10 dead after Mount Lewotobi volcano erupts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62l9l42q51o |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}

10

|Whakaari/White Island

|{{dunno}}

|New Zealand

|1914

|

|

9

|Galeras

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Colombia

|1993

|Galeras tragedy

|

9

|Mount Etna

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Italy

|1979

|

|{{Cite web|last=ingvvulcani|date=2019-09-12|title=Una tragica estate. L'eruzione dell'Etna del 1979|url=https://ingvvulcani.com/2019/09/12/una-tragica-estate-leruzione-delletna-del-1979/|access-date=2021-11-07|website=INGVvulcani|language=it-IT}}

8

|Dieng Volcanic Complex

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Indonesia

|2017

|

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201710-263200 |title=Report on Dieng Volcanic Complex (Indonesia) — October 2017 |work=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201710-263200 }}

8

|Kuchinoerabu-jima

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Japan

|1933

|

|{{cite web |url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kuchinoerabu-jima-eruptions.html |title=Kuchinoerabu-jima volcano eruptions |website=Volcano Discovery |publisher=Dr. Tom Pfeiffer}}

7

|Kelud

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Indonesia

|2014

|

|{{cite web |title=Kelud |url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=263280 |website=Global Volcanism Program |access-date=20 January 2022}}

7

|Jabal al-Tair

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Yemen

|2007

|

|{{cite news |title=Volcano erupts off Yemen, soldiers killed |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-volcano/volcano-erupts-off-yemen-soldiers-killed-idUSL014412120071001 |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=Reuters |date=1 October 2007}}

6

|Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai

|style="text-align: center;"|5

|Tonga

|2022

|2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

|

6

|Karangetang

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|1992

|

|{{cite web | url=https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/karangetang-api-siau | title=Karangetang [Api Siau] | date=24 April 2011 }}

5

|Mount Tavurvur

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Papua New Guinea

|1994

|

|{{cite journal |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199409-252140 |title=Report on Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) |journal=Global Volcanism Program |year=1994 |volume=19 |issue=9 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199409-252140 }}

5

|Mount Hudson

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Chile

|1971

|

|{{cite web |url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=358057#bgvn_197108 |title=Hudson |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}

4

|Gamalama

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|2011

|

|{{cite web |url=http://volcanolive.com/gamalama.html |title=Gamalama Volcano |website=Volcano Live |publisher=John Seach}}

4

|Yakedake

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|Japan

|1995

|

|{{cite report |url=https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199502-283070 |title=Report on Yakedake (Japan) — February 1995 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199502-283070 }}

4

|Stromboli

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Italy

|1930

|

|{{Cite journal|last1=Di Roberto|first1=A.|last2=Bertagnini|first2=A.|last3=Pompilio|first3=M.|last4=Bisson|first4=M.|date=2014-05-15|title=Pyroclastic density currents at Stromboli volcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy): a case study of the 1930 eruption|journal=Bulletin of Volcanology|language=en|volume=76|issue=6|page=827|doi=10.1007/s00445-014-0827-5|bibcode=2014BVol...76..827D|s2cid=129565883|issn=1432-0819}}

3

|Pacaya

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Guatemala

|2010

|

|{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/05/28/guatemala.volcano/index.html |title=Death toll climbs to 3 from Guatemala volcano |publisher=CNN |date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2022-06-10}}

3

|Kanlaon

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Philippines

|1996

|

|{{cite web|title=Canlaon Volcano Eruption|url=http://www.aenet.org/canlaon/eruption.htm|website=aenet.org|access-date=December 13, 2015}}

3

|Didicas

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Philippines

|1969

|

|{{cite web | url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=274020#bgvn_196904 | title=Global Volcanism Program | Didicas }}

2

|Santa Ana

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|El Salvador

|2005

|

|{{cite news |title=2 Killed as Volcano Erupts in El Salvador |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-02-fg-volcano2-story.html |access-date=20 January 2022 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=2 October 2022}}

2

|Mount Bromo

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Indonesia

|2004

|

|{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3785793.stm| title = Javan volcano eruption kills two | publisher =BBC News | date = 8 June 2004 | access-date = 2014-05-06}}

1

|Popocatépetl

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Mexico

|2022

|

|{{Cite web |title=Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico): one fatality and two injured after being hit by rock during eruption |url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/popocatepetl/news/184466/Popocatepetl-volcano-Mexico-one-fatality-and-two-injured-after-being-hit-by-rock-during-eruption.html |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.volcanodiscovery.com |language=en}}

1

|Cumbre Vieja

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Spain

|2021

|2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption

|

1

|Stromboli

|style="text-align: center;"|2

|Italy

|2019

|

|{{Cite news|date=2019-07-03|title=Stromboli: One dead as volcano erupts on Italian island|language=en-GB|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48857422|access-date=2021-09-27}}

1

|Chaitén

|style="text-align: center;"|4

|Chile

|2008

|

|{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-chile-volcano-idUKN0221354320080504|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125060324/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-chile-volcano-idUKN0221354320080504|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2016|title=One dead as Chilean volcano spews ash for third day|website=Uk.reuters.com|date=4 May 2008|access-date=9 June 2017}}

1

|Raoul Island

|style="text-align: center;"|1

|New Zealand

|2006

|

|{{Cite news|date=2006-03-21|title=Fate dealt eruption victim unlucky hand|language=en-GB|work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fate-dealt-eruption-victim-unlucky-hand/DHXFL2XPZD2FNNZUTR7MPO5NSA/|access-date=2021-12-10}}

1

|Eldfell

|style="text-align: center;"|3

|Iceland

|1973

|

|{{cite web|title=Deadly Gases|url=http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/deadly-gases|website=Oregon State University|date=14 April 2010 }}{{cite web|title=Which Way The Wind Blows – The Reykjavik Grapevine|url=http://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2014/09/26/which-way-%E2%80%A8the-wind-blows/|website=The Reykjavik Grapevine|date=26 September 2014}}{{cite book | url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/heimaey/heimaey.pdf | title=Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | publisher=USGS | first1=R.S. | last1=Williams Jr. | first2=J.G. | last2=Moore | year=1983 | page=11| edition=2nd }}

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References