Mount Pinatubo's most recent and most famous eruption was on June 15, 1991 (pictured above). It was the second-largest volcanic eruption of this century and the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area.The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, with giant mudflows, and released over 5 billion cubic meters of of volcanic ash and other pyroclastic material into the environment hundreds of miles across. The eruption took the lives of 500 people and took billions of dollars to repair. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day. There have been some sources that say there have been follow up, secondary eruptions in the later years of 1993 and 1994.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Eruption History
Mount Pinatubo's most recent and most famous eruption was on June 15, 1991 (pictured above). It was the second-largest volcanic eruption of this century and the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area.The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, with giant mudflows, and released over 5 billion cubic meters of of volcanic ash and other pyroclastic material into the environment hundreds of miles across. The eruption took the lives of 500 people and took billions of dollars to repair. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day. There have been some sources that say there have been follow up, secondary eruptions in the later years of 1993 and 1994.
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