Mount Pinatubo [4] is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, [5] [6] most people were unaware of its eruptive history before the pre-eruption volcanic activity in early 1991.

Mount Pinatubo, volcano, western Luzon, Philippines, that erupted in 1991 (for the first time in 600 years) and caused widespread devastation. Mount Pinatubo is located about 55 miles (90 km) northwest of Manila and rose to a height of about 4,800 feet (1,460 m) prior to its eruption.

1991年6月15日 · The world’s largest volcanic eruption to happen in the past 100 years was the June 15, 1991, eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. Bursts of gas-charged magma exploded into umbrella ash clouds, hot flows of gas and ash descended the volcano’s flanks and lahars swept down valleys.

A phreatic explosion from the summit crater lake at Pinatubo in November 2021 is the first notable volcanic activity since 1992-93 when there was dome growth and secondary phreatic explosions in the aftermath of the major 1991 eruption.

Mt. Pinatubo, Luzon, Philippines Facts | Story | Feature | Questions . Location: Luzon, Philippines Latitude and Longitude: 15.13° N, 120.35° E Elevation: 1,485 m 4,900 ft Volcano Type: Stratovolcano Earliest Eruption: 6100 BP Oldest Historic Eruption: 1315 Most Recent Eruption: 1992 Number of Eruptions in 20th Century: 2 Largest Eruption ...

2023年6月15日 · ANGELES, Philippines – On June 15, 1991, the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the northern Philippines became the second-largest eruption of the 20th century and the largest one to affect a densely populated area. Located northwest of Manila, Mt. Pinatubo had lava oozing from its surface beginning on June 7, 1991, said the U.S. Geological Survey.

A huge cloud of volcanic ash and gas rises above Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, on June 12, 1991. Three days later, the volcano exploded in the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth in this century.