The following is a list of volcanoes, number of fatalities, and cause of death since 1985:

1985	Ruiz, Columbia	23,080	mudflows
1986	Stromboli, Italy	1	ballistics
1986	Lake Nyos, Cameroon	1,700	carbon dioxide
1986	Merapi, Indonesia	1	rain-induced mudflow
1987	Etna, Italy	2	ballistics
1988	Banda Api, Indonesia	4	ballistics and lava flow
1988	Arenal, Costa Rica	1	ballistics
1988	Semeru, Indonesia	1	ballistics
1989	Lonquimay, Chile	1	tephra fall; gas
1990	Kelut, Indonesia	32	explosions, mudflows
1990	Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	6	carbon dioxide
1990	Santiaguito, Guatemala	4	lateral blast
1990	Laguna Verde, El Salvador	26	phreatic explosion
1990	Kelut, Indonesia	4	non-eruptive mudflows
1991	Unzen, Japan	43	pyroclastic flows
1991	Pinatubo, Philippines	800	explosions, mudflows, disease
1991	Lokon-Empung, Indonesia	1	explosions, pyroclastic flows
1992	Cerro Negro, Nicaragua	2	ashfall, accidents
1992	Karengatang, Indonesia	6	pyroclastic flow
1992	Merapi, Indonesia	1	explosion
1992	Pinatubo, Philippines	6	rain-induced mudflows
1993	Galeras, Colombia	9	explosion
1993	Mayon, Philippines	75	explosion, pyroclastic flows
1993	G. Pichincha, Ecuador	2	phreatic explosion
1993	Kilauea, Hawaii	1	bench collapse
1994	Semeru, Indonesia	6	pyroclastic flows
1990	Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	5	explosions, ashfall

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Source of Information:
Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

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