The 1991 eruption was the second largest of the twentieth century, and one of the few great eruptions successfully forecast: monitoring allowed mass evacuation days ahead. Its stratospheric aerosol cooled global temperatures by about half a degree.
Erupted since 2000
Stratovolcano · Dacite
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Pinatubo is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Dacite.
Official catalogue parameters, coordinates, elevation and geotectonic classification.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile