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Mayon is shared by eight cities and municipalities of Albay province.. Mayon is the main landmark and highest point of the province of Albay and the whole Bicol Region in the Philippines, rising 2,463 meters (8,081 ft) from the shores of Albay Gulf about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) away.
Mount Mayon, a volcano in Albay province in the coconut-growing central Bicol region, has been erupting since Saturday and the number of people fleeing their homes had more than doubled on Tuesday ...
Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy ...
More than 13,000 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon Volcano’s crater in mandatory evacuations since volcanic activity increased ...
Still larger were the Icelandic eruptions of Katla (the Eldgjá eruption) circa 934, with 18 km 3 (4 cu mi) of erupted lava, and the Þjórsárhraun eruption of Bárðarbunga circa 6700 BCE, with 25 km 3 (6 cu mi) lava erupted, the latter being the largest effusive eruption in the last 10,000 years. [46]
Lava cascaded down the slopes of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines during a gentle eruption on Monday, 12 June. Thousands of residents have been evacuated as a precaution in case the eruption ...
Mayon's most destructive eruption was in February 1841, when lava buried a town and killed 1,200 people. It last erupted in 2014, spewing lava and forcing thousands of people to evacuate.
Volcano/complex Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot Material volume (km 3) Age in Ka [15] Tephra or eruption name 7 Kikai Caldera Ryukyu Islands Unknown 100 Tozurahara eruption 6 Sierra la Primavera: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 90 100 Tala Tuff 6 Skaros Caldera, Santorini South Aegean Volcanic Arc 14 100 Middle Pumice 6 Ontake: Honshū ...