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 AD 79
Caesius Bassus[2]Un­knownMount VesuviusItaly24 August AD 79
Carl Hunstein45Ritter IslandPapua New Guinea13 March 1888
Louis Mouttet44Mount PeléeMartinique8 May 1902
Truman Taylor[3][4] 21 Kīlauea Hawaii 18 May 1924
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 Oct 2010

See also

References

  1. David, Ariel (31 August 2017). "Pompeii Hero Pliny the Elder May Have Been Found 2,000 Years Later". Haaretz. 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.
  3. Program, Volcano Hazards. "USGS: Volcano Hazards Program HVO Kilauea". volcanoes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Truman Arthur Taylor". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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