Top 10 Deadliest Volcano Disasters In History
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- These deadly natural disasters wreaked havoc on the world. For this list, we’re looking at the volcanic eruptions and disasters that have had the highest death tolls throughout human history. Our countdown includes Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, 1902 Santa María Eruption, and more! Let us know in the comments which ones you’ll never forget.
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Thoughts are with the people of Tonga.
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Yep
These chaotic, volcanic events sure blew my mind's top. (Pardon the pun.)
How about a video of calderas? Crater Lake is one I hope to visit.
I heard a loud bang (turn out to be a shockwave) while i was out the weekend just gone (i live in New Zealand which is not far from Tonga). It was as if someone just lit some fireworks
What about the The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens?
I was at Pompeii a few years ago. Seeing the husks of the human bodies covered in ash was a haunting experience
OwO
UWU
i hope your family is ok
For a second I thought you were saying ‘I was at Pompeii when it erupted,’ and I was like, “Whaa?!!!” 😄
@@lacountess Yeah same!
I’m surprised you didn’t even mention the eruption of the Toba Caldera Complex! It was apparently 12 times more powerful than the volcano that made #1 on the list, and it nearly drove humanity to extinction!
I think it only about volcanos in recorded history
@@cathanodwyer5672 and the theory that toba nearly wiped out humanity has been discredited
Toba was prehistoric.
technically it was a supervolcanic eruption technically
@@jakealter5504 it's disputed not completely discredited
The ancient supposed eruption of Krakatoa of ~535 caused the worst year in known human history. It separated Java from Sumatra and must have killed dozens of thousands of people of the region. It caused a harsh global volcanic winter (caused famines) which was shortly followed by Justinian plague (plagues and diseases are common outcomes of volcanic winters) which killed ~35 million people. So far it's the winner of the list, eclipsing even Tambora eruption.
Also surprised Laki eruption isn't mentioned. It's one of the deadliest eruptions in recent history (4/5 of population of Iceland and unknown numbers of deaths worldwide due to suffocating cloud over Europe and later famine and freezing due to volcanic winter)
So i should be proud or not?
They probably didn’t mention laki because it wasn’t just laki that caused that, grimsvolten was also erupting at the same time
DAM KRAKATOA!!
There is also a theory, that an eruption of a volcano in Mesoamerica (I forgot its name) was responsible for the volcanic winter of 535/536 (because of winds blowing the ashes around the world), as well as the decline of the classic period of the Maya civilization.
Also laki errupts 7 months
There are 127 active volcanoes in Indonesia, that's why Indonesia is called a flaming ring, because so many volcanoes are aktive
More accurately the Indonesia is ON the flaming ring. The “flaming ring” (or “Ring of Flames”) refer to a ring of volcanos around Pacific Ocean where the continental plates touches.
After I watched this video I felt sorry for Indonesia. This is not a list you want to be on more than once.
Active, sugar. 😌Not aktive.😌
I just looked it up and omg most of them and literally right next door to each other
Tambora should be nowhere but number #1. It has roughly three-four times the number of deaths as the second place holder, and is the largest eruption in history records
Well have I got news for you
Ask and ye shall receive.
What about Toba ?
@@FoL-jz6hq before recorded civilization
From someone who lived through Mt. St. Helens in 1980, I understand why it didn't make the list. I didn't escape unscathed though.
I'm surprised about that as well!
As large as that eruption was only 57 people were killed that's why.
Lesson to take away from this video. If a volcano that erupts near you has a pyroclastic flow heading towards you, you’re most likely shit out of luck.
Good thing I'm from West Virginia.
tips on what to do when a pyroclastic flow is coming towards you: lay down and cry, possibly scream depending on the speed
It depends on how far you are from it and how fast it’s moving
There was an Ancient Krakatoa that dwarfed the Victorian eruption.
That honestly thought Krakatoa was going to be number one.
@@justinmosher8163 Krakatoa only killed around half of the people that Tambora did even if you go by the lowest estimate for Tambora
These new oceanic underground volcanic explosions are just terrifying. Hoping for the best for those poor souls. 🙌
I was in Pompeii in 2012 with some of my family and it was one of the scariest and surreal visits to a city I've ever witnessed.
but fascinating right?
me as an indonesian.😐😐😐
yes, we live on the ring of fire.
our mountains have left their marks on humans history.
1783 - Laki - Iceland - 8 months of releasing incredible amounts of sulphuric gas - it is thought to have caused famine across Europe was harshly that it could be one of the unknown factors of the French Revolution - imagine a leader saying that because there is no bread "let them eat cake" in the context of a catastrophic volcanic eruption
You might want to change that to grimsvoltin and laki since grimsvoltin was in the same country and was erupting at the same time as the laki fissure., hell, the laki fissure was actually part of the grimsvoltin volcanic system
@@jakealter5504 hmmm good to know
@@VictorEMusique grimsvoltin was actually erupting before the laki fissure formed and was still erupting after laki stopped, that makes it difficult to determine which of the two eruptions was responsible for the damage
@@jakealter5504 I never knew this - thanks! Are you a geologist or just more informed than I am :D
@@VictorEMusique probably more informed
What about Mount St Helens?
That was a destructive volcano. It flattened many miles and people did die.
Only 57 died on that eruption compared to several thousands from the volcano on the list
And several volcanoes were much more devastating than Mt. St Helens
That mountain was the bases for Dante's Peek.
One of the shockwaves from Krakatoa was recorded on a Cylinder Recoder. You can find it on CZcams. 😱🌋
Read Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
"there was no real warning it was going to erupt"
always look at animals and you'll have your warning.
also it's not fair to compare death tolls because A) there weren't that many humans alive on Earth at certain points in our history and B) because it doesn't matter how many deaths an eruption causes, it matters the damage it does. a volcano might not kill a single being to make your list, but its devastating outcome might wipe out millions in the aftermath.
Praying for the people of Tonga.
Same.
So I’ve heard that the scale of the Tonga eruption was a VEI-6. The biggest since the Mt Pinatubo eruption
I thinks it's 4-5 vei
Correct me if I'm wrong
@@stephenmico6442 they say either a high vei 4 or a low vei 5. It does have one notable feature though, it took the record of loudest noise ever heard from Krakatoa
@@jakealter5504 The shockwave from the Tonga eruption caused a air pressure change that was detected with a barometer at the NWS office in Gaylord Michigan.
They say that if Yellowstone erupts the VEI will be off the charts, which is a scary thought.b😮😌
Watchmojo: These are the most deadly volcanoes.
Yellowstone:Allow me to introduce myself and demonstrate
Believe me, it isn't necessary!
Mount toba: “Am I a joke to you?”
*Toba want to know your location*
Look at Mount Toba eruption 75,000 years ago
Toba has Yellowstone beat
I will never forget the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.
was this video uploaded because a volcano erupted a few days ago and a tsunami hit tonga
One day, Yellowstone will make this list.
We will be dead
There will be no one to record it when this is filmed in America, America will be no more than ocean when Yellowstone erupts. And there will be very few humans able to survive through the ice age that would follow
No one will be alive for that
Nobody would be here to make a video about Yellowstone if it erupts lol
Whatever kind of life the survivors will have will propraply not involve the internet. For how long that life will be.
I'm from Guatemala, and listening to Watch mojo talk about something that happened to my country more than a century ago makes me feel something unexplainable, but also thanks Watch mojo for taking the Santa María disaster into acount :,)
8:24 Squidward’s reaction:Krackatoa
Volcanos when they do erupt is really devastating! Pompeii was one of those places that today you can still see what the volcano left behind.
Never underestimate, the rage of a volcano.
And never underestimate the wrath of Our Lord and God.
Mount Mayon Philippines 🇵🇭
And?
Sure I live in full of volcano land (Indonesia). I think there are more than that like Yellow Stone in US, also Toba Volcanon(which now turn into Lake Toba in Indonesia)
There are 20+ active volcanoes here in the Philippines.
Where's Pinatubo Eruption in 1991
All of the volcanoes on the list were >10 times deadlier than Pinatubo in terms of fatalities
Deadliest . Kill count po. Wag muna ipairal proud pinoy. If its most devastating then pinatubo be in list.
Tangina naman. Tama na sana muna pinoy baiting
Cause nobody cares about that joke of a country
@Melon crusher actually if this is about strongest, Pinatubo will not be in top 10. Novarupta 1912, Krakatoa 1883, Tambora 1815, 1808 eruption from unknown volcano, Huaynaputina 1600, 1465 eruption from unknown volcano, Kuwae 1452, Rinjani 1257 (the largest in 2000 years), Krakatoa 541, 535 eruption in Iceland/Alaska, 431 eruption of Ilopango, 233 eruption of Taupo, Okmok 44BC, and many more were larger
Taupo in new Zealand, a supervolcano, could erupt soon. There are earthquake swarms that occur every few weeks in the lake. A very large earthquake occurred a few months ago, it was magnitude 5.8
I'll never forget the pictures of Omayra Sanchez. She was a 13 year old girl caught in the mud after Nevado Del Ruiz erupted. She couldn't be rescued and died 60 hours later. A news crew documented the entire thing.
This video makes me scared of living in my own country considering how many eruptions that happened in my country mentioned here, while i know for sure that in day to day living there rarely danger for me, this video really awaken that nonsensical paranoia
that 4 mountain located on my country Indonesia.....3 in Java island and i live this island, especially that "anak Krakatoa"....quite scary
You guys seem to have won the lottery when it comes to volcanoes. 😄🥺😨
@@lacountess 😂😂😂
I cant imagine how loud those explosions are its got to be very loud
Back in 2018 I went to see my sister because she was in the navy so me and my mom went to see her in Italy when I was 11 year old we went to Pompeii to see their agriculture and how they were gone
I will never forget the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii considering I did and still do live there and was there to experience it earthquakes and all.
THE VOLCANO JUST EXPLODED!
In Guatemala 1541 Volcano called De Agua, erased the capital city, in 2018 De Fuego Volcano killed around 500 people and videos are spectacular...
"Volcano disasters"
Indonesians: finally something about us
Oh I’m so happy they mentioned herculanium here. It’s always just Pompeii so I really appreciate this video
I live in Indonesia, we're definitely edging everyday.
121: Pompeii is disastrous and tragic. Saw the movie in theaters and cried
And apparently Vesuvius did do the majority of what was in the movie
It’s like you know I’m going down a volcano rabbit hole right now
Samalas had the most devastating eruption in the last 10000 years. Samalas eruption was far stronger than that of tambora, but since the discovery was until 2013, almost nobody knows about it.
Toba : *"am i a joke to You?"*
I'm surprised Mount St Helens didn't make the list. That eruption caused quite a bit of damage throughout the world
It did not. And the volcanos on the list were a hundred times worse than St. Helens
I used to learn about Volcano at my school when I was in year 8 I'm now year 12
That's brutal.
-- V.E.I. ranking(s):
• Comfirmed:
1). *Mt. Tambora, Indonesia (April of 1815)* -- *VEI-7* [9:43]
• Fatalities: *70,000 - 200,000 people (est.).*
2). *Krakatoa, Indonesia (August 27th, 1883)* -- *VEI-6* [8:23]
• Fatalities: *36,000 people.*
3). *Mt. Pelée, Martinique (May 8th, 1902)* -- *VEI-4* [7:21]
• Fatalities: *30,000 people.*
4). *Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia (November 13th, 1985)* -- *VEI-3 (est.)* [6:20]
• Fatalities: *Up to 25,000 people, from lahars.*
5). *Mt. Thera (aka, the Minoan Eruption), Greece (c. 1642-1540 B.C.)* -- *VEI-7* [5:13]
• Fatalities: *As yet unknown; 20,000 people presumably.*
6). *Mt. Samalas, Indonesia (c. 1257)* -- *VEI-7 (est.)* [4:16]
• Fatalities: *Thousands (est.).*
7). *Mt. Unzen, Japan (May of 1792)* -- *VEI-2 (est.)* [3:22]
• Fatalities: *15,000 people (est.).*
8). *Mt. Vesuvius, Italy (August 24th, 79 A.D.)* -- *VEI-5* [2:15]
• Fatalities: *1,500-16,000 people (est.).*
9). *Kelud, Indonesia (c. 1586)* -- *VEI-5* [1:25]
• Fatalities: *10,000 people (est.).*
10). *Santa María, Guatemala (October of 1902)* -- *VEI-6 (est.)* [0:42]
• Fatalities: *6,000 people.*
• Dishonorable Mention(s):
▪︎ *Mt. Paektu, the Chinese-North Korean border (c. 946 A.D.)* -- *VEI-7*
A). Fatalities: *Thousands (est.).*
▪︎ *Lake Ilopango, El Salvador (c. 535-536 A.D.)* -- *VEI-6*
A). Fatalities: *30,000 people (est.).*
▪︎ *Laki, Iceland (1783-1874)* -- *VEI-6*
A). Fatalities: *Upwards of 6,000,000 people, on multiple continents (est.); 20,000 of those in Iceland alone.*
▪︎ *Mt. Pinatubo, the Phillapines (June 12th-15th, 1991)* -- *VEI-6*
A). Fatalities: *800 people (est).*
▪︎ *Huaynaputina, Peru (1600)* -- *VEI-6*
A). Fatalities: *1,600 people, in Peru alone.*
▪︎ *The Mayon Volcano, the Philippines (1814)* -- *VEI-3 or 4 (est.)*
A). Fatalities: *1,000 people (est.).*
▪︎ *Mt. Nyrigongo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002)* -- *VEI-1 or 2*
A). Fatalities: *240 people (est.).*
▪︎ *Mt. St. Helens, Washington State (May 18th, 1980)* -- *VEI-5*
A). Fatalities: *57 people.*
-- Edit(s):
• "V.E.I." -- *Volcanic Explosivity Index,* aka *the V.E.I. Scale* (measures the natural explosive power of a volcanic eruption
on a scale of *0* to *8).*
• *"Est." ("Estimated")* -- Not an *_official_* V.E.I. rating; rather, a *_rough estimate._*
Some corrections: the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption was VEI-3 eruption, the 1257 Mount Samalas eruption was a VEI-7 eruption, the 1792 Mount Unzen eruption was a VEI-2 and the 1902 Santa María eruprion was a VEI-6 eruption.
1814 Mayon eruption *did not* reach VEI 5
@@aron1332 ☝ *"OBJECTION!"* ☝
I only said it was a *_rough estimate_* on the V.E.I. scale, *_not_** the final result.*
Most of the surrounding valley of Mt St Helens is still blocked off to regrow/rebuild itself after its 1980 blast
5:23 I watched this in Geography and my teacher burst out laughing and said that everyone was probably wondering where the sound of a giant stubbing his toe came from😂
Man, Indonesia's volcano actually won't stop to even kill people on the other side of the planet! like wtf man..
We need to be careful and well prepare if something as big as Tambora, Shamalas or even Toba would be erupted again in the near future..
Please stay safe everyone(｡•́︿•̀｡)..
These eruptions are insane and scary
As a Washingtonian, it'll always be Mount St. Helens
Same. I was shocked that it didn't make the list. I grew up being told how horrible it was by family that lived through it and how much devastation it caused so I guess I just always assumed it was a top contender for lists like this.
@@Takisan111 it is not on the list because the volcanoes on the list were a hundred times deadlier
Rainier would be much worse
My Grandma Marty remembers that one. My Dad was just 12 years old, while my Mother was just 6.
@@jakealter5504 Yeah. That is "IF" it erupts.
Crazy😭
Post Tonga eruption, this definitely puts things into an eerie context
Especially since Tonga was actually louder than Krakatoa was in 1883
See guys we just need super volcano explosion to lower the temperature
The number 1 would be Taal Volcano in Batangas City, Philippines right before hiiting covid in my country.
Taal is nothing compared to Tambora. Why would Taal be number 1 when it is not even as deadly as the volcanoes on the list?
@@aron1332 ohh sorry. ik that tambora is the deadliest volcano. i understand that.
Interesting the 18th century eruption of Laki in Iceland was missed off the list. It is believed to have indirectly caused more deaths through starvation etc even than Krakatau for example.
Toba blasted 13,200km3 74'000 years ago the pyroclastic flows traveled 500km in all directions that's 310 miles in every single direction
One little correction: the Minoan eruption is prehistoric, since we do not have written evidence or sources or we haven't been able to interpret them yet. Anything that is not recorded or hasn't been decipherd so that it can be recorded is considered prehistoric. That is the first thing you're taught when you study history
It likely was recorded since other civilizations did record atmospheric anomalies around the time of the Minoan eruption and it probably was recorded by the Minoans
What if the records are lost or not found yet?
@@jackwatson3944 it’s more likely that we do have them but can’t translate them right now
Terrifying and amazing 🌋
4 of the deadly Volcanos located in Indonesia. Kelud, Samalas, Krakatoa, Tambora. As Indonesia is a country with the most volcanos in the wolrd. 127 Volcanos
IT JUST ERUPTED!!!!!!!!!!
Im surprise they didn't mentioned mount saint Helen
Because the volcanoes on the list were more than 100 times worse
Indonesia needs to fix their volcano problem
Stay away from there, that's would be the only way ,I guess!
Not the Mount Pinatubo erruption erasure. It changed global temperatures as well.
What do you mean by "Not the mount Pinatubo erruption erasure"?
Pinatubo only killed 600-800 people, these volcanoes killed thousands of people
What about the volcano that caused the Dark ages in Europe and the whole world in the mid 500's the eruption of Ilopango volcano in El Salvador?
Mega Tsunami is my favorite word to be afraid of.
Its a long time I don't talk and study about volcanos and there deadly destructions and killed millions.
im surprised that Mount Saint Helens wasnt put on the list , i say that cause i remember reading about Mount Saint helens and that when Mount Saint Helen blew her top , ALL Hell Broke out as Helen blew her top. as the ancient hawwians would say dont turn your back on the volcano and ocean as sign of respect.
Mount Saint Helens, even though it was large, was nothing as compared to the volcanoes on the list
@@aron1332 oh right , im just saying though that im surprised that saint helens didnt make the list since it was large.
@@KRDP yes it was relatively large, but as compared to past eruptions and Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991, it was significantly smaller
@@aron1332 i do agree with you 100% i was just simply trying to that Despite Mount Saint Helens eruption compared to mount olympus and the other volcano eruptions i was just suprised that mount saint helens did not make the list , was i was just simply trying to say and get to.
@@KRDP it didn’t because the 1980 eruption only killed 57 people while all of the eruptions on the list killed thousands of people
They mention in that DuckTales movie by the Genie (voice of Rip Taylor) found in Collie Baba's treasure formerly granted wishes for an evil sorcerer guy named Merlock (voice of Christopher Lloyd) who first wished to live forever, then later wished to have Atlantis to be destroyed because he couldn't get a reservation there, and one time was so enraged he wished to have Mt. Vesuvius blow its top long ago in the days of Pompeii.
Talk about some of most saddest moments
What about Mt. St. Helens?
Do you think a volcano that killed only 57 is enough for the list of volcanoes that killed 6,000?
@@aron1332 Considering that it was the deadliest eruption in US history, yes.
@@BuzryHaproMandalorianHunter and it was nothing compared to the rest of the world
Krakatoa actually killed 120,000 on the higher end
It was 36’000
☝ *"OBJECTION!"* ☝
Mt. Tambora in April of 1815 killed as many as *150,000 people* and even caused the infamous *"Year Without a Summer" in 1816,* more than *quadruple* compared to Krakatoa later in August of 1883 at *_36,000._*
Even in the fewest estimates (at around *70,000),* that's still *twice as many fatalities* from Tambora than Krakatoa.
@@josecarrilloii4036 notice I said "on the higher end" the official DT was supposedly 36,000 but, no one truly knows the exact DT
No mention of Illiayapongo, another super volcano, an eruption which created another famine across Europe
Its not a supervolcano and not the cause of problems in 536
Mt. Pelée barely had any warnings? Terrifying.
Thank God that Apolaki is a dormant volcano
Mt. St. Helens doesn't even get a freaking honorable mention?!?
Yes because several volcanoes were far larger than St Helens. Mt. St Helens is not even the largest in the last 100 years
@@aron1332 or the deadliest
Destructive Force of Nature
So sad there were no honorable mentions.
Knew it! If something major happens with possible loss of life, WatchMojo will make a "Top 10" about it... LOL
Hold on..... I can do this too! "Top 10 serial killers." :) You sure you don't want to change the title to "Best of...?"
Deadliest in recent history maybe. What about the eruption that almost wiped out our species and created a genetic bottleneck 60k years ago, or the Russian steps that literally erupted for thousands of years and led to mass extinctions?
Yes right, missed that too, the Toba eruption; was about 75k yrs ago. and one of only two VEI 8 eruptions within the last 100k years. The russian traps though were many millions of years ago, but indeed very devastating.
They say that toba likely wasn’t the cause. The Siberian Traps, on the other hand, did likely trigger the largest mass extinction event in earth’s history
@@jakealter5504 Correct, the Toba Eruption 75 thousand yrs ago did not ignite a mass extinction event, but still was desastrous for the humans in development (in Asia mostly homo erectus).
Siberian Trap was longer ago, 252 million yrs ago, and is linked to the Permian/Trias mass extinction, probably rightly so.
@@frankmaeder4358 it wasn’t just linked, the Siberian Traps was what triggered it
Toba
I am waiting, I live on the flanks of Piton de la Fournaise...
Man why the fuck you always leave the good ones out, Toba is definitely one to have in here as number 2 or 1. That one almost killed every bit of humanity and left just over a couple thousand humans alive
That was in pre history
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My grandpa is our hero at war then he died in September 11th he was in heaven
Documents: the sound can be heard from 12th of Earth’s surface.
Watchmojo: the sound can be heard from then entire Earth !
First Pinatubo
Second Taal
*WHO'S NEXT*
What do you mean?
No one cares.
Proud Pipino?
Historic taal: 👀
What do you mean? The volcanoes on the list were far deadlier than your Taal
earth is an alien planet, we re only here by complete chance
Keren!! Cuma d edisi ini indonesia menduduki beberapa posis bahkan no 1 d list...👍
Iya sih, tp perlu diingat semua gunung berapi disini aktif. Kalo mereka erupsi, y penduduk sekitarnya bklan menderita
Bencana nomer 1 paling mematikan kok malah bangga sih 🗿 hadehh
Kalo erupsi semua gimana ya? 🗿
Rest In Peace to those that passed away.
No One Said Mt St Helens
Taal woke up from its long slumber 2 years ago. And no one lives there anymore...because it now spits ash clouds from time to time
So uh... You're just gonna ignore Toba, huh? The bottleneck in our DNA? The event that almost drove Homo Sapien to extinction?
I mean, nevermind about how Tambora is responsible for a cholera epidemic that killed over a hundred thousand people in Europe, Toba dropped the global population down to somewhere between 3,000-10,000 people total.
The toba catastrophe theory hasn’t been proven and they said within recorded history
What about the siberian traps?
its scary to think half these volcanoes on this list are active
Angel : how many volcanoes you want to put this particular archipelago
God : yes
Wrong! Number 1 Is Pompeii!
Is 16,000 more than 71000? How Pompeii is number 1 when it didn't even affect the whole world while Tambora affected the whole world and caused global disruption?