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Mt. Pinatubo is a strato or composite volcano. When it exploded in 1991, it produced a huge explosion that took 300 lives.

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What type of eruption did mount Pinatubo have?

Mount Pinatubo had LATERAL eruption. It means, generally volcano erupts at its highest peak where its vent finds an opening, but mount Pinatubo got a weak side and therefore it erupted laterally.


How many people where killed in the mount Pinatubo lahar?

About 300 people were killed in the 1991 Mount Pinatubo lahar disaster in the Philippines. The lahar, which is a type of volcanic mudflow, was triggered by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It caused widespread destruction in the surrounding areas.


Was Mt Pinatubo the largest volcanic eruption in recent time?

No. Compared with other volcanoes of the same type, Mount Pinatubo is relatively small. Its 1991 eruption was very large, but by no means the largest. The 1815 eruption of Mont Tambora was more than 10 times larger.


What type of eruptions does Mt Pinatubo have and what causes the eruption to be violent or non-violent?

Mt. Pinatubo is known to have explosive eruptions. The violence of an eruption is influenced by the amount of dissolved gas in the magma, the viscosity of the magma, and the presence of water or other fluids. If the magma has high gas content, is highly viscous, and interacts with water, it can lead to a more violent eruption.


What would happen if mount Pinatubo erupted again?

This would depend on the type of eruption that Pinatubo were to produce. The only record of eruption of the volcano are of the 1991 event. Although scientists know that the volcano had erupted in an explosive manner before it is unclear what other types of eruptions it can produce. Although unlikely that Pinatubo will erupt in the near future it is a possibility. The eruption is not likely to be as explosive as the 1991 event as the amount of time between eruptions of that magnitude should be longer, given the otherwise unknown history of the volcano. This would suggest that it does not erupt frequently; however, when it erupts it seems to be catastrophic in nature.

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What type of eruption did mount Pinatubo have?

Mount Pinatubo had LATERAL eruption. It means, generally volcano erupts at its highest peak where its vent finds an opening, but mount Pinatubo got a weak side and therefore it erupted laterally.


What volcano type is Mount Pinatubo?

Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano or composite volcano. The last eruption happened in 1993


How many people where killed in the mount Pinatubo lahar?

About 300 people were killed in the 1991 Mount Pinatubo lahar disaster in the Philippines. The lahar, which is a type of volcanic mudflow, was triggered by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It caused widespread destruction in the surrounding areas.


What type of volcanoe is mount Pinatubo?

Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano or composite volcano. The last eruption happened in 1993


What type of magma does mount Pinatubo have?

Mount Pinatubo primarily erupts dacitic magma.


Was Mt Pinatubo the largest volcanic eruption in recent time?

No. Compared with other volcanoes of the same type, Mount Pinatubo is relatively small. Its 1991 eruption was very large, but by no means the largest. The 1815 eruption of Mont Tambora was more than 10 times larger.


What type of volcan is mount Pinatubo?

Mount Pinatubo is a Stratovolcano or also known as Composite Volcano


Mount Pinatubo and mount fuji are examples of what type of mountains?

volcanos


What type of eruption did mount vesuvius did?

the eruption that did it was a eruption


Was there any past eruptions in mt Pinatubo?

yes there were three type into Google Pinatubo eruption the first or second side has the info on it


What type of eruptions does Mt Pinatubo have and what causes the eruption to be violent or non-violent?

Mt. Pinatubo is known to have explosive eruptions. The violence of an eruption is influenced by the amount of dissolved gas in the magma, the viscosity of the magma, and the presence of water or other fluids. If the magma has high gas content, is highly viscous, and interacts with water, it can lead to a more violent eruption.


What type of eruption of Mount Everest?

There has never been any eruption on Mount Everest, it is not a volcano.