The eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the second-largest volcanic cataclysm of the 20th century, second only to a 1912 eruption on the sparsely populated Alaskan Peninsula.

The 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines was the second largest of the 20th century. The eruption, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ejected more than five cubic ...

On the 34th anniversary of the deadly Mount Pinatubo eruption, the town of Bacolor unveiled a historical marker titled ...

Mount Pinatubo erupted over the course of three days, culminating in a cataclysmic blast on June 15—the very same day Typhoon Yunya swept across the region. Heavy rains and gusty winds made the ...

Mount Pinatubo, Philippines: The eruption that cooled the Earth. History: The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was one of the largest of the 20th century.

When Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in 1991, it propelled roughly 15 million tons into the stratosphere. This wasn’t a massive eruption like Tambora, but it still cooled the world by ...

Mount St. Helens, the largest volcanic eruption in US history, was commemorated this weekend, 45 years after its eruption, ... Krakatau in 1883, and Mount Pinatubo in June 1991.

Typically, powerful volcanic eruptions like Mount Pinatubo or the 1883 Krakatoa event in Indonesia cool Earth’s surface temperature because the gas, dust and ash they spew reflects sunlight into ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared June 15 a special non-working day in this province "in commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of Mt. Pinatubo’s ...

Magma infused with gas—not unlike a carbonated drink—reached the surface on June 12, unleashing Mount Pinatubo’s first violent eruption. A column of ash exploded 19 kilometres into the ...