Here, we've ranked the deadliest eruptions in history. Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll ...

This eruption, like the famous Krakatoa eruption in 1883, was so powerful that it created a huge crater, or caldera, and sent ash and gases high into the atmosphere. It wasn’t just about the island ...

Tambora, in 1815, resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000 people directly from the blast, and tens of millions due to ...

The cataclysmic Hunga Tonga blast in January 2022 was the largest volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883. It triggered ...

Phreatic eruptions also took place during the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, which killed 40,000 people. Survivors of the 1963 eruption on the last time Mount Agung ...