Volcanologist Interview Question:

Tell me which eruptions caused the greatest fatalities?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Volcanic eruptions are not the most dangerous of natural disasters. They cause less fatalities than earthquakes, hurricanes and famines.

In the past 200 years, there have been over 200,000 deaths in volcanic eruptions. Four causes resulted in 91% of the fatalities -
famine and epidemic disease (30%), pyroclastic flows (27%), lahars (17%), and tsunamis (17%).
Submitted by: Muhammad