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 DatePliny the Elder56Mount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79Drusilla~41Mount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79Caesius BassusMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79Aulus Umbricius ScaurusMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79PomponianusMount VesuviusItaly24 August CE 79Carl Hunstein45Ritter IslandPapua New Guinea13 March 1888Louis Mouttet44Mount PeléeMartinique8 May 1902Marius Hurard53Mount PeléeMartinique8 May 1902Dickie Humphries60Mount LamingtonPapua New Guinea21 January 1951David A. Johnston30Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980Reid Blackburn28Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980Robert Landsburg48Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980Harry R. Truman83Mount St. HelensUnited States18 May 1980Omayra Sánchez13Nevado del RuizColombia16 November 1985Katia Krafft49Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991Maurice Krafft45Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991Harry Glicken33Mount UnzenJapan3 June 1991Mbah Maridjan83Mount MerapiIndonesia26 October 2010

See also List of volcanic eruptions by death toll Lists of people by cause of death Volcano

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