Top Ten Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

By 2017
  • 79

    Vesuvius, Italy 79

    3,360 people died main cause-Ash flows, falls

  • Vesuvius, Italy 1631

    3,500 people died main cause-Mudflows, lava flows

  • Laki, Iceland 1783

    9,350 people died main cause-Starvation

  • Unzen, Japan 1792

    14,300 people died main cause-Volcano collapse, tsunami

  • Tambora, Indonesia 1815

    92,000 people died main cause-Starvation

  • Galunggung, Indonesia 1882

    4,011 people died main cause-Mudflows

  • Krakatau, Indonesia 1883

    36,417 people died main cause-Tsunami

  • Mount Pelee, Martinique 1902

    29,025 people died main cause- Ash flows

  • Kelut, Indonesia 1919

    5,110 people died main cause-Mudflows

  • Ruiz, Colombia 1985

    25,000 people died main cause-Mudflows