On this fact page you will find facts about Mount Pinatubo as well as about its devastating eruption.

• Mount Pinatubo is located in the Luzon island in the Philippines
• The height of Mt Pinatubo is only 1760 meters
• Mount Pinatubo also erupted about 450 – 500 years before
• 15-20 million tons of sulfur dioxide were discharged in the atmosphere following the eruption which caused a global cooling among others.
• Currently Mount Pinatubo attracts many tourists who practice mountain hiking
• Mount Pinatubo’s eruption caused the ejection of 10 cubic kilometers of magma
• The former US Clark Air Base was located just 37 km away from Mt Pinatubo
• The eruption of 1991 was preceded by many earthquakes north of the Pinatubo
• 847 people died following the eruption
• After the eruption a lake was formed in the crater, Lake Pinatubo
• In 1957, the Philippine presidential plane named Mt Pinatubo crashed and killed the then president of Philippines
• The largest eruption of the 20th century happened in 1912 in Alaska. The volcano formed after the eruption is called Novarupta.