Major Volcanoes of the World

Major Volcanoes of the Earth

Sl. No.	Name of the Volcano	Phenomenon	Location	Erupted in	Death Toll
1	Mt. Krakatoa	Active	Indonesia	August 27, 1983	36,000
2	Deccan Trap	Extinct, Shield	India	60 Million years ago	-
3	Mt. Tambora	Active	Indonesia	1815	71,000
4	St. Helens	ActiveStrato, Dome, Basaltic & Andesite	USA	1980	57
5	Mt. Pinatuba	Strato,	Philiphines	1991	350
6	Novarupta	Shield	Alaska	1912	-
7	Santorini	Extintct	Aegean Sea	3500 years ago	-
8	Mt. Vesuvius	Strato, Dormant	Italy	0079	3360
9	Yellowstone Supervolcano	Extintct,	USA	6,30,000 years ago	-
10	Laki	Dormant	Iceland	1783	9,300
11	Mt. Kelut	Activestrato	Indonesia	1586	10,000
12	Mt. Kelut	Activestrato	Indonesia	1919	5,500
13	Unzen	Dormant	Kyushu, Japan	1792	15,000
14	Nevada del Ruiz	Dormant	Columbia	Nov. 13,1985	25,000
15	Mt. Pelee	Dome	West Indies	1902	36,000
16	Mt. Etna	Activestrato, Basaltic & Andesite eruption	Sicily Island, Italy	1669	20,000
17	Mt. Stromboli	Active	Italy	2019	1
18	Mt. Fuji	Activestrato, Basaltic eruption	Japan		-
19	Mauna Loa	Active, Shield, Basaltic  eruption	Hawaii Islands	1984	Non explosive
20	Mayon	Activestrato, Basaltic  eruption	Philiphines	1897	1,335
21	Popocatepetl	Active, Andesite eruption	Mexico		-
22	Kilauea	Active Shield,	Hawaii Islands	1790	400
23	Kilimanjaro	Dormant	Tanzania	2,00,000 years ago	-
24	Sakurajima	Stratoactive	Japan	2009	-
25	Mt. Merapi	Active	Indonesia	Oct 2010	400
26	Mt. Merapi	Active	Indonesia	1930	1,350
27	Tall	Active	Philippines	1977	5,500
28	Mt. Nyiragongo	Active	Congo	2002	245
29	Eyjafjallajokull	Active	Iceland	2010	-
30	Mt. Ontake	Active	Japan	2014	63

NB: Some volcanoes erupt aftermath of the earthquake. Some other eruptions influence  in    climatic and economic impacts. So the death toll may vary. Most of the Economists believe that “More people died aftermath the impacts of the eruption due to climatic and economic factors   than the Lava flow”.