List of volcanic eruption deaths

This is a list of notable people who died as a result of injuries sustained during a volcanic eruption.

Name Age Volcano Location Date
Pliny the Elder[1]56Mount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79
Drusilla~41Mount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79
Caesius Bassus[2]UnknownMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79
Aulus Umbricius ScaurusUnknownMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79
PomponianusUnknownMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79
Carl Hunstein45Ritter IslandPapua New Guinea13 March 1888
Louis Mouttet44Mount PeléeMartinique8 May 1902
Marius Hurard53Mount PeléeMartinique8 May 1902
Dickie Humphries60Mount LamingtonPapua New Guinea21 January 1951
David A. Johnston30Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980
Reid Blackburn28Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980
Robert Landsburg48Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980
Harry R. Truman83Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980
Omayra Sánchez13Nevado del RuizColombia16 November 1985
Katia Krafft49Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991
Maurice Krafft45Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991
Harry Glicken33Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991
Mbah Maridjan83Mount MerapiIndonesia26 October 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ David, Ariel (31 August 2017). "Pompeii Hero Pliny the Elder May Have Been Found 2,000 Years Later". Haaretz. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Stover, Tim (5 July 2012). "Epic and Empire in Vespasianic Rome: A New Reading of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica". OUP Oxford. p. 8. ISBN 9780199644087.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
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