Mount Pinatubo Overview, Eruption & Facts

#Throwback On this day in 1991, as the Philippines commemorated Independence Day, Pinatubo Volcano had its first major eruption - sending ash column up to nearly 24 km high! Nearly 48 hours after the government raised the alarm and Clark Airbase evacuated, Pinatubo unleashed its first major fury - proving that the warnings were right. Scientists call this the 'throat clearing' phase of Pinatubo, which preceded its largest eruption on June 15. Here's a video excerpt from the documentary MT. PINAT

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Learn About the 1991 Mount Pinatubo Volcanic Eruption

The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines The second-largest volcanic eruption of this century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area, occurred at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991. The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day. Precursors to the 1991 Eruptions On July 16, 1990, a magnitude 7.8 ea