Eruption History

Pinatubo has had over 40 eruptions since 1616. Its most recent eruption was in Febuary 1993. But the one eruption that no one will forget is the eruption in 1991 June 15. This eruption was the second largest in the 20th century! It had an enormous cloud of volcanic ash that rose as high as 22 miles into the air and grew to more than 300 miles across. It seemed to durn day into night. Up to 800 people were killed and more than 1,000,000 became homeless after the climax of the eruption, which lasted about 9-10 hours.