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Mount Pinatubo
is a
stratovolcano
on
Luzon
in the
Philippines
. It is near the Tri-Cabusilan Mountain range, separating
Luzon
's west
coast
from the central
plains
.
Before 1991, the
volcano
was
inconspicuous
and heavily
eroded
. It was covered with
dense
forest
, and several thousand
indigenous people
lived there. The volcano erupted in June 1991, destroying thousands of buildings and houses and killing over 800 people. It was the second largest volcanic eruption of the
20th century
after the 1912 eruption of
Novarupta
and had a
Volcanic Explosivity Index
(VEI) of 6. Mount Pinatubo's
eruption
effects were felt
worldwide
. There is now a
caldera
where before was the central
cone
.
It erupted in June 15, 1991 and is located on the island of Luzon in the Phillipines. Many
lahars
and pyroclastic flows damaged much of the infrastructure of the country. They also killed upwards of 800 people. Officials at the US marine base were able to evacuate many people, but property damage was costly, totaling billions of
Phillipine pesos
.