Pinatubo Volcano Eruption Update; Explosive Eruption Occurs, Tall Ash Plume

[@GeologyHub]

Of all the volcanoes that I expected to erupt in the near future, Mount Pinatubo was not one of them. This marks its first eruption since 1993, which also occurred at the main crater lake.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

The eruption produced little ash or had magma in it shockingly enough It was caused by the hydrothermal system overheating/having to much overheated water(speculation warning) that likely came in contact with the lake and the temperature difference between the heated water and the lake caused the water to flash to steam causing the eruption

[@tomp_]

Earlier in the year there had been some activity

[@tomp_]

Do you think that there will be a major eruption? After the Phreatic eruption? This could mean that there is a break in the cycle, but we have seen that in several other volcanoes across the globe(Longer eruptions like in La Palma)

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@tomp_ unlikely given most of the volcanoes magma was erupted in 1991 and the following eruptions till 1993 meaning its been 30 years of refilling which isn't alot of time

[@filledwithvariousknowledge1065]

@@KaiserStormTracking Yup. From my understanding Pinatubo needs 300 to 600 years of dormancy for a climate altering VEI 6 when there’s enough magma. But unlike other Strato Volcano’s that reach VEI 6 or 7 it struggles to get tall between it’d VEI 6’s when it has much smaller eruptions that would normally add height

[@keithboon8527]

Thank you for the great update on Mount Pinatubo; i remember the American Airbase had to be evacuated very quickly in 1991; as i was on call for the first Gulf War. God bless you -Keith in England!

[@mikefarinas4885]

Yes, thanks to mount pinatubo you left the bases here. The Senate already nullified the treaty regarding your continued occupation of the bases here but you don't want to leave . Thankfully the volcano erupted.

[@francissantos7448]

@@mikefarinas4885 hello Mike, CCP China was watching, too. They thought the US has abandoned the Philippines and started assertively and aggressively claiming the CCP 9-dash line maritime claim. The 1951 US/Filipino mutual defense treaty has protected the Filipinos from CCP China or Taiwan military domination of the Filipino maritime border including its EEZ. In any case, the cold war was winding down at that time, CCP China was still weak, the Filipino bases were getting obsolete, the US bases in Korea and Japan had priorities. Digging out Clark Air Base was too expensive and with no airbase, Subic Navy Base was vulnerable. The US military planners were grateful for Mt Pinatubo as well. The volcano provided political and military cover for Filipino and American governments to give up the Filipino bases. Saludos

[@gtv6chuck]

The original eruption wiped out my old stomping grounds, Clark Air Base. I lived there in the 70s as a kid. I knew nothing about geology, but I remember that when you dug in the ground the soil was a whitish color and sort of loose. It was probably lahar and pyroclastic flow deposits from Pinatubo.

[@GeologyHub]

The white may have also been dacite composition ash! But yes, the area is filled with lahar and ash deposits from Pinatubo

[@paulleavell4317]

I didn't realize that it overtook Clark Air base.👍

[@scottbrownawell6551]

Yeah, the place of my birth no longer exists,..

[@abdiver12]

Damn, I visited Clark so many times during the mid-late 80's to play tennis tournaments and I had no idea that it had been wiped out by a volcano. I guess they rebuilt it really well. I left the Philippines just before the eruption in 1991 for San Francisco, right after the Loma Prieta earthquake. Talk about luck, lol!

[@BigBear81]

We lived at Clark AFB when Pinatubo erupted. The whole base met at the flight line and drove to Subic. I'll never forget it.

[@andrewvillafuerte5590]

I remember when Pinatubo blew its summit in June 1991. The ashfall was so great that it reached my hometown which is around 260 kms southeast of the volcano. As a young kid back then, we were so happy because we thought that it was snow (as a kid who grew up in the tropics, you'll understand why we want to experience snow). Then the news came on the TV of the destruction of the lahar flows that buried towns surrounding the volcano. The Philippines were facing two disasters at that time, first is the Pinatubo eruption and the second is the onslaught of typhoon Yunya which dumped so much rains that caused the lahar flows and caused widespread destruction across Central Luzon. I will never forget that day.

[@claudiahansen4938]

Thanks for telling us what you experienced.

[@joelgarcia2878]

You are lucky that you were 260kms away. We lived just outside of Clark (Hensonville). It was the most unforgettable experience we had. It was around 11am when the eruption started and then power failure, the ash covered the sky and it went dark as if if it was nighttime and you hear the sound of rain, but when I got out, I didn't get wet. What I had in my hand are particles of sand - silica. That's when we decided to leave and evacuate the place. I tried to fetch my siblings on the other side of Abacan River but 2 out of 3 bridges are not passable. The Third and last to link from Balibago to Angeles City the bridge near Marquee Mall, Pulung Maragul Bridge is pasable and it is congested, Police stopped us from ging towards Angeles City. We were advised to proceed eastward. People then are walking with their children all covered with ashfall. My windshield is covered with sand and my wipers broke down. My wife has to sit by my left side with an umbrella to cover the winsdshield and keep the sand from piling up. I t was terrifying to see lightning coming not from the sky down to the ground, but rather they are coming from West, which is where Mt Pinatubo is located from us to the East. And the color I can see is bright Red. We went to the ancestral home of my sister in law in Magalang to stay, but we can't sleep. Every now and then you will hear a rumbling noise coming from the ground, then the shaking of the ground from a vertical motion to a horizontal circular motion. And when that happens, women and children starts to cry. The following day, June 16, as the sun rises, we saw the devastation. Everything is color gray. You take a photo in color but it will show you a Black and White picture. Everything you see is covered in Ash. We received news from walking evacuees passing thru Magalang, that a lot of vehicles fell into Abacan River when the bridge collapsed during the eruption. We then proceeded to Gapan, Nueva Ecija to take refuge, in case there will be another eruption. We came back to our house a week after, to remove the ash that had piled up on the roof. Counting days of no electricity, no water. Lining up to neighbors with water pumps to have water to drink. I still say we are lucky, we survived July 20, 1990 earthquake and June 15, 1991 Volcanic Eruption. An experience I will never ever forget in my life, but if i have to undergo the same, now that Mt Pinatubo is acting up, I am ready and know what to expect. God Bless us all !

[@danneyboy1000]

I was at Clark Air Base as a section commander and because I was in charge, I had to be one of the last to leave because I was responsible for everyone under my charge and it was the scariest time of my life.

[@ooolalakatchuli9873]

@@joelgarcia2878 ❤🙏🙏

[@44PatsRule]

I spent two years in the Philippines when I was in the navy. I never knew Pinatubo existed back then . Stationed at San Miguel, Zambales '64 -'66.. Great times were had. I often wished I could return to those years ..

[@quinwilson1792]

I was a missionary living about 5 miles away from Pinatubo back in 91. One of the locals pointed out the small cone to me. He said they thought it was going to erupt in 89 but it hadn't yet and most people thought it never would. That was when the earthquakes started. We were never warned about an eruption at the time. I found out later that it was all over the news back in the states, but those of us living in its shadow didn't know a thing. Luckly I was on the other side of the island when the big eruption began. When we were allowed to return six months later, you couldn't recognize any landmarks. It just looked like salt flats for miles. The most surreal thing I've ever experienced!

[@Gobl_943]

Did not expect Pinatubo to erupt before Askja, Grimsvotn or even Mauna Loa. Volcanoes are truly an unpredictable wonder on this Earth, aren't they? I wouldn't be surprised if a mainland U.S volcano (Not Alaska or Hawaii) erupts next year.

[@smokinsandwhiches]

Still a month left! Merry Christmas guys

[@Eddy12700]

Yep still waiting on cascade volcano and and New Zealand volcano other than White Island to erupt only two areas that haven’t had an eruption in a long time but usa more than nz was waiting on Iceland and caribbean and they’ve erupted now la palma vulcAno in Italy also watching and then west pacific new volcanoes popping up submarine in Indonesia pintaubo kirishima iwo jima in Japan

[@StuffandThings_]

@@Eddy12700 Both have the potential to be incredibly devastating and don't seem to attract quite enough attention given their danger. Any of the large caldera volcanoes on the TVZ or any of the Cascades near populated regions going off would be a nightmare. And both have plenty of active volcanoes that have laid dormant for unsettlingly long periods.

[@jocelynndotson7273]

There was a time where it was on alert level yellow

[@CountryTenn1365]

It’s up to God. He controls all things. His Word says, so.

[@bigrooster6893]

The fear mongers on KZbin have made videos on this saying how bad it’s going to get. I truly hate fear mongers. The reason I like Geology Hub is because he’s not a fear monger and he gives so much information and history on each volcano.

[@brandonjustus9954]

Oh yeah, the worst are those youtube evangilists that freakout over... a VEI 3 volcanic eruption. They are in almost every volcano eruption video and they make me want to vomit.

[@sampatton146]

There are are still people in the AfarTV LaPalma live stream comments pushing tsunami BS, claiming it was started by a CIA nuclear weapon, etc. Makes me want to puke.

[@Pinkoflove3]

No one will watch roses and rainbow.

[@sweettrubble4635]

@@brandonjustus9954 Me, too. I will back out of a video when they start their preaching in the comments. But not before I tell them 'enough already'.

[@sweettrubble4635]

@@sampatton146 I won't watch any of the fear mongering. They start that shit, I won't watch anymore videos by that channel.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Clear and very helpful to anyone concerned about this eruption and what it means about future activity.

[@jetsylou]

I remember the 1991 eruption of Pinatubo. The following summer was very cool and rainy in Southern Ontario (Canada). We had a record number of slugs and leather jackets that summer of 1991. Nearly wiped out our backyard garden! If it hadn't been for the amazing number of birds who feasted on those land mollusks and leather jackets that year the garden would have been wiped out. You can see how far reaching a major stratospheric eruption can affect the climate on the other side of the world.

[@maureenstevens6824]

That's amazing.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Thank you for the inclusive and insightful update in Pinatubo. Hopefully the Philippines is making sure their monitoring and emergency services are up to speed.

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

I remember how big a deal the '91 Pinatubo eruption was.

[@cryptomnesiac]

Rapidly becoming one of my favorite channels to follow. Keep up the quality work!

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

It has been 30 years since Pinatubo erupted. That makes me feel a bit old.

[@danierinash7952]

I'm with you there! I remember it vividly from the news.

[@Lava6409]

Actually it has been 28 years since it last erupted. There was a minor lava dome eruption in 1993.

[@hildeschmid8400]

And 41 since Mt. St. Helen's. Wow.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

I remember watching documentaries of it in elementary school. My beard grew half an inch now.

[@batangfirst5993]

i cant believed its been 30 yrs ..

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

I'm one of your Filipino subscriber living here in the Philippines, not in a million years would I expect Pinatubo to erupt again this time as it just released so much tephra during its 1991 eruption. And it's funny how i've learned this eruption first from you than our local news.

[@HAIYANE9910]

I am flipino thoo :D

[@GeologyHub]

I find it quite amusing that you heard it from me first! I’m always glad to see that my channel has a worldwide reach. According to my channel statistics at least 3-5% of my audience lives in the Philippines :D.

[@HAIYANE9910]

@@GeologyHub I'm one of them :D i am student of stem science :D

[@naznim1930]

Filipino also

[@LorenzoAntonASilva]

Because our news is biased and always focusing on politics

[@StanWatt.]

In '91 there was almost a tangible effect of the eruption. The weather was cooler but the sunrises and sunsets were dramatic, to understate it.

[@StanWatt.]

I have videos of La Palma glass particles that reached me here in NE Scotland if anyone is interested.

[@tthappyrock368]

We sure did have dramatic sunrises and sunsets that year! At that time, I worked in a building with a fantastic view of my city's skyline 91 and even 92 had some of the best sunsets!

[@hildeschmid8400]

And the summer was cooler, too.

[@andreworiez8920]

Lived in San Diego at the time... Will never forget those sunsets....

[@DianaDeLuna]

I didn't see the sunsets but vividly remember what a cold spring & summer we had in the Eastern US in 1992.

[@lasmoans7146]

Remember the Pinatubo eruption well, we had 2 severe winters 12 months later.

[@GearGuardianGaming]

My mom tells me stories all the time of the blizzard of '93

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Yep Four feet of snow at sea level where I was living then. Usually one of the warmest places during winter in the state

[@Charlie-zd2dr]

I had the chance of ATVing in Pinatubo in 2019. The scale of the 1991 eruption can be seen by the sides of the soil. I can only imagine how fertile the land was before the eruption.

[@GeologyHub]

That must have been a very fun experience! (Even more so if it hadn’t rained in a few days)

[@Luboman411]

I was living in the Washington DC area in 1991, but I was a young kid so don't remember the news reporting on the Pinatubo eruption. What I do remember were the crazy winters right afterwards, especially the winters of 1993 and 1996. That huge '93 blizzard was awesome because it closed school for a bunch of days and left this huge amount of snow and ice that didn't melt til April. It was so much fun slipping and sliding to and from school. Then the '96 blizzard almost took our power out and left huge drifts of snow so big that we couldn't get out of our small apartment building for a whole day. Ahhhh...memories. Pinatubo's eruption had ejected so much ash that it dropped global temperatures by a few degrees. I have no doubt that is the reason the greatest, most frightening blizzards I've ever experienced happened in the years immediately after that cataclysmic eruption.

[@halo6142]

For all pH/phillipines brother God bless from Indonesia,have a save day Here we have big erruption too God bless everyone

[@harryv6147]

Very good report on Mt. Pinatubo Volcano!

[@MrPerfecttommy]

Thank you for an easily understood presentation for someone without a geology degree.

[@brandonjustus9954]

ITSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!! This is awesome =), these past 2 years up to today have been great for us volcano junkies.

[@GeologyHub]

Yeah, pinatubo had been showing low level unrest for a consistent 6+ months. This eruption once again proves that phreatic eruptions are often impossible to predict.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Ummmm not so great for the millions of people in the Philippines..

[@FOWST]

Only 4 minutes and I had all my questions answered. Good video, very concise.

[@GeologyHub]

I’m glad that you enjoyed this video! I try and keep my videos clear and concise, and maintain a geology 101 level of vocabulary so my audience can understand :)

[@keestrommel0912]

@@GeologyHub The first 16 seconds of the video are from the 2021 Taal eruption. Your video would be lot better if mention that it does not show the actual eruption but a presumably similar eruption of other volcanoes.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@keestrommel0912 Taals eruption is similar Taals however are magma and surface water contact aka pheratomagmatic eruptions Pinatubo had a overheated hydrothermal system(can also be caused by magma and ground water contact at deph make contact with the main lake aka a Pheratic Eruption both are steam driven but have different ways of being caused and both are just was deadly and dangerous

[@canucks8294PatRiot]

I was 9 when Mt. St. Helen's blew its top and 20 when Pinatubo destroyed Lauzon

[@Godzillaminusone737]

Wait how could you be 20 in 1991 when at Helens erupted in 80

[@DaPikaGTM]

@@Godzillaminusone737 He was 9 in 1980. There were 11 years between 1980 and 1991. 9 + 11 is 20. Maths isn't hard.

[@Godzillaminusone737]

@@DaPikaGTM I didn't know ok

[@mijalakis3]

Well technically Mt. Saint Helens did not blow it's too off. A bulge formed in the northern flank of the volcanoe which then collapsed making it the biggest landside in recorded history hence the shape of a horse shoe and that's why it was so destructive lahars from the collapsed glaciar started traveling north with debris and pyroclastic flows, since it was sideways technically it was projected.

[@Flightstar]

I recall a couple very cold winters here in Western Canada in the early-mid 90's, I often wondered if this eruption could have had a global climatic influence the following years.

[@GeologyHub]

It most likely did. There was a verifiable worldwide drop in activity of 0.6-2 C for a short timespan.

[@freedomisntfree4836]

I’d love for you to tell the tale of the Taupo eruption in New Zealand. That and Pompeii are why I got my degrees in geology - wanted to be a volcanologist - grew up with the volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii.

[@Cellottia]

Thank you. A concise and comprehensible update. Told me all I need to know in terms I can understand.

[@danduzenski3597]

Beware of the Inadequate Red Zone. La Palma videos produced a few mini steam explosions. This video wins hands down in power. The power of water under pressure. Earthquake and Magma trigger.

[@ginnrollins211]

My fourth grade teacher was on a mission for the LDS church around the time Mt. Pinatubo erupted. He even showed the class a documentary about the eruption.

[@albertvanlingen7590]

Learning so much here😃 thanks for the update and info.

[@eastwind6820]

I recall something that may have been Pinitubo related. I was living in Bakersfield, CA when it erupted and can’t remember if the 1991-1992 winter was different from any other dreary Valley winter. In March 1992 I moved to Seattle. The summer of 1993 didn’t really happen. We had some nice “normal” weather in the first half of June and the weather deteriorated and go chilly and rainy. July was wettest July on record. It rained every day! July has always been the warmest month of the year, but not that year! August was pretty bad the first few weeks and by the end of the month things finally began to dry out and warm up. Tourists went elsewhere. The summer was a bust. Could that summer have been the result of the Pinitubo eruption?

[@GeologyHub]

This was likely related to the Mount Pinatubo eruption as it emitted enough sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to block a double digit percent of sunlight. Not truly a volcanic winter but definitely reduced temperatures. It was the largest volcanic eruption since 1912 on the planet when novarupta in Alaska erupted 30 km^3 of material

[@eastwind6820]

@@GeologyHub it was so bad that year I wondered if I had made a mistake by moving to Seattle. I’ve been here for almost thirty years. Thanks again for all your geology videos!

[@egxmac7658]

You probably correct. Our mount Pinatubo volcano here in the Philippines, is so strong. And some expect say, the cause that start global warming around the world since.

[@danw6014]

The 1991 eruption seriously effected the weather here the midwest in 1992. We experienced a cold wet summer. Often mowing hay with a sweatshirt on and although corn yields were good, test weights were poor and dry down in the fall was terrible.

[@VideographerExperience]

Remember those sunsets?

[@paulcoverdale8312]

You might want to take a look at grinsvoad on Iceland? She’s about to blow! Estimates from 24 to 56 hrs. Glacier on top has dropped by 8 M in last 24hrs! This is possible to shut euro air space when it goes. Great vids many thanx Paul 19.26 gmt Uk

[@samuelbhend2521]

*Grimsvötn sorry:)

[@GeologyHub]

I’m keeping an eye on it. A glacial flood is imminent while an eruption remains around a 1 in 5 chance

[@Justyburger]

I got close to Pinatubo in 1998 and it was like a moonscape. Here in New Zealand we live under Mt Egmont/Taranaki. They class it as dormant, but it could blow anytime. I've been here 20 years and it would be a surreal sight to see it blow. I've climbed it many times.

[@berthaford2152]

Thanks for reassuring us that this volcano is not going to have a severe eruption. I missed this video and when I saw the name I got worried , having read about it .

[@somguy728]

An understanding of the geological time frame is one of the most valuable aspects of your teachings.

[@RashMonroe]

Had no idea it erupted, love your videos they are so detailed and informative.

[@VideographerExperience]

This volcano made the sunsets so beautiful in *1991* I wrote a poem about them.

[@brucephillis2652]

Was there in 1991. A friend's dad and mom were based there. He threw a Memorial Day bbq. at the base(his dad). His dad had a house off base and on base. Just before it blew, we moved a bunch of valuables to the house off base. The house off base was in Manila. We were 60km from the base when it blew.

[@illbehaviour9785]

So am I correct in my understanding that these large more explosive eruptions like Pinatubo and Krakatoa happen in cycles i.e. Large eruption/lava dome mountain building/dormancy/large eruption or am I over simplifying things?

[@Dranzerk8908]

Its hard to say, because you can only go by what the rocks tell you, often times nothing is left over to see when a eruption has occurred. For instance this volcano he talks about the cycle it erupted last. Doesn't cover many years in earth times. One example is lots of volcanos simply "disappear" from erosion, so the full extent of times they erupted are hard to know. Especially ones under glaciers or the ocean.

[@illbehaviour9785]

@@Dranzerk8908 Thanks for the reply, I guess as you say it's not always possible to be certain over longer "geologic" time frames.

[@phsal5182]

another very concise, clear and helpful video. thank you!

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Interesting. I followed the news prior to and after the Pinatubo eruption in 1991. Watching from Cebu, Philippines.

[@guegban135]

I was one among the 200 workers specially hired by then a janitorial agency assigned to clear off the roofs of fighter plane hangars covered with white sand mixed with mud . I accepted the odd job then for survival and to take advantage of the rare opportunity to be allowed inside the US base. The eruption occured a day after i celebrated my 41th Birthday in Guyabano St. Mabalacat, Pampanga, a place i temporarily sought shelter then from the harsh realities of my employment. Edgar, Carlos and Ben Garcia were friends beyond forgetting. BOB QUINOÑEZ.

[@davyp2993]

I knew nothing of the 1991 eruption, living in the UK at the time, until I stayed with friends in Subic bay on holiday in 2005. I was shocked, as from a family of thirteen, my friend was the only survivor and sadly the bodies were never recovered being buried in metres/feet of ash. There was a metal clad building in the old US navy base in subic Bay, over 70miles directly away, with holes punched in the sheeting from falling rocks from the explosion On one of out trips we drove passed a church, all that was visible was the top of the bell tower which had been 30ft (10m)above the ground. The building had not collapsed, just engulfed in ash. They never knew just how many lives were lost. As some other commentator has written here, the volcanic activity had been reported widely in the US, but not to the locals in the Philippines. It is still widely believed there, that the American scientists were drilling deep wells at the foot of the mountain for the few years previous, and it might have triggered the eruption. We were taken to the foot of the volcano by jeep and we climbed up into the crater and swum in the lake. The water was no hotter than we expected for a lake in the area. I could have cried for a nation 14 years later. Thanks for the upload.

[@danierinash7952]

How about a video on North Sulawesi in Indonesia? I spent some time working there some years ago. I was delayed on a flight from Manado to Singapore for many hours due to a volcano spewing ash once. It's a fascinating place with some beautiful volcanoes.

[@GeologyHub]

I have yet to cover any volcanoes on that island. However, I eventually plan to, beginning with the Soputan volcano

[@danierinash7952]

@@GeologyHub Very cool, I look forward to it! I really dig your channel, I'm learning a lot from these vids. Keep up the good work!

[@patriciaactis]

Thank you for the info.

[@glenmartin2437]

Thank you. Keep up the good reporting. Our laboratory was tasks with analyzing some water samples from Mount Pinatubo.

[@marcosrissi]

Hi. I am new to you. I don't know your name yet. Because of the Tonga Volcano recently I then found you looking for into. You seem to be professional, serious, genuine, clear, accurate and inspire trust somehow. I tent do go with my intuition sometimes after seeing the into and listening to the person's voice and you have gained the trust from me. It seems now that I have found a good channel as a source of info on Geology matters. Thanks. M

[@welcometothemotherverse6213]

i would be interested in knowing the approx difference in magnitude of water involved between this pinatubo blast and old faithful or any geyser of you choosing. tks

[@planetdisco4821]

I was camping in central Australia about a week after Mt Pinatubo blew its stack in 91. The night sky was champagne pink over the desert until about 11 o’clock at night. I’ve never seen anything like it since…

[@davidefland1985]

I was stationed at Subic when it blew up in 1991 it was completely dark in the middle of the day. Lightning ground shaking scary.

[@greenqueen7502]

My landlord , that I rent a room from , lived that 1991 Pinatubo Volcano eruption 😱. She said " it was raining mud ".

[@rayjohnfranco5171]

Came across your channel few days ago and I did not expect you to feature a volcano from our country!

[@grahamkearnon6682]

Excellent, great knowledge.

[@Luca-N]

thanks for a new upload!

[@andreacope7534]

Was at Clark Air Base when this one blew its lid in 1991. I was calm as could be at the time, and during the series of earthquakes the year before. Now not so much. I am glad to know just how much was learned as a result of it and every other one sense.

[@Dranzerk8908]

Would it be within reason that all the water in the lake could disappear into the air from these eruptions?

[@JohnDoe-zl6ph]

I showed up a few days after Pinatubo erupted on the USS St. Louis. We were in Subic Bay. The ash was several inches deep

[@larrymangold1048]

I was there in 1991 and was on the USS Abraham Lincoln. We ran a few evacuations of U.S. Military and their families out of Subic Bay to a different island for flights out of the P.I. I saw first hand the DC-10 tilted on it's tail from ash build up on the horizontal stabilizers when two of us made a run to the comm center on base.

[@GeologyHub]

Were those ever repaired? Not familiar with how easy/difficult repairs are involving ash particulates

[@chemdemos3292]

Thanks for posting this. Well done!

[@methylmike]

Do these phreatic eruptions coincide with large deformations?

[@ma.esther9637]

Thank you for the very informative video👍👍👍

[@bonniehawkins2979]

Thank you.

[@brucelytle1144]

I was on a ship that brought earthmovers to Subic Bay from Okinawa to clear the runways of the "ash". It was 3-4 ft deep everywhere. Buildings on the base were collapsing from the combined weight of the ash and the water dumped by the typhoon! It sucked! I missed a golden opportunity there... the liquor store on base was selling everything CHEAP! I wasn't thinking ahead.... our next port was Dammam Saudi Arabia. You wouldn't believe what I got for a half full bottle of tequila there! What could I have done with a case or two? I have a half gallon (2 liter) jar of ash from the 91 eruption, it makes a good doorstop!

[@CDragonite]

Lady on one of my games was saying they had an earthquake a while ago. Now see this tonight

[@kiarash608]

Experts: Askja, Grimvotsn, Fagradalsjall, Mauna Loa and Fernandina could erupt in the near future Pinatubo: Hold my beer

[@KaiserStormTracking]

thats the nature of volcanoes. the ones you don't expect to erupt actually erupt

[@StuffandThings_]

@@KaiserStormTracking I'm still hoping against hope that Uinkaret will erupt in my lifetime, even though I know that the odds may as well be rounded to 0 lol... I wanna see those lavafalls! Although Mauna Loa would be greatly appreciated too, with the immense volumes of very fluid lava it can output.

[@munirahbakar4123]

To be fair to the experts, what Pinatubo let off was a fart compared what they expect the others to give off. 🤷😅

[@yunnayun9367]

​@@munirahbakar4123 apo laki hold my beer😂

[@P-G-77]

Thanks for this episodes, all very professional and precise.

[@matthewgibson4302]

I remember this, and the blizzard of '93 here in the north Georgia mountains. The sunset were very vivid and I still have pictures of them. Really enjoy the channel, and keep up the great work. One request of something I would like see covered, if there is enough information to do it, is explain some of the supposed geologic activity in the southern Appalachians such as Chimney Mountain in north Georgia. I guess I should ask a local geologist. Thanks so much for kindling my interest!

[@GeologyHub]

If you are referring to earthquake activity I know why! It borders on a high risk zone in eastern Tennessee which is a large intraplate earthquake zone

[@mikeyd946]

Do Solar flares (CME’s) have anything to do with increased volcanic activity on Earth? All these big ones are blowing their tops!! I remember Pinatubo when I was a boy, hearing it in the news and thinking it was terrifying!!! Keep the great coverage up!!

[@haven216]

No.

[@dorksplorer]

That was fascinating. Thank you! 🕊️

[@thingswithvincent987]

In my case, pinatubo is 100km north from my place but taal is just like 40-60km south of my place, 2 volcanoes, 2 problems.

[@freetruths8810]

Prayers for those impacted. 🙇

[@lynneperg6853]

Wow, what else will erupt. First

[@bigrooster6893]

This wasn’t a true eruption it was just steam no ash was in it.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Its more of an explosion but to be fair there is some magma component due to it being hydrothermal in origin

[@elizabethsmith3416]

Thank you for giving us the update.

[@sauceyeti4381]

Out of the 30 years of it's inactivity, the darn mountain decides to erupt on a national holiday. How rude...

[@samuelbhend2521]

he just wanted to party too..... he just wanted to help out with a proper pop of the cork..... now he's sad being called rude :(

[@andrewvillafuerte5590]

I think that Pinatubo had its first big eruption on June 12, 1991 which is also a holiday (Philippine Independence Day)

[@AndisweatherCenter]

You should do a video of an island with a small volcanic cone within a caldera, Aogashima.

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

When I saw the notification from my volcano app that Pinatubo had erupted I thought I was seeing things, even if it was just phreatic.

[@MiMayonGo]

I may ask, before Pinatubo, i want to know what happened 5000 years ago?

[@Rosie05610]

Thanks for the info, GOD bless you 🕊🙏💖

[@nuw5396]

I live here but not even the local news speak about this. Talk about priorities.

[@anikaflauschi4459]

Do you also do a video about the glacier flow at Grímsvötn in Iceland?

[@anthonyloconte7835]

Did Pinatubo show any tremor as all with this? Looks like it did a little.

[@llenichievzecharnov7229]

But dangerous

[@erlemartincarvalho1733]

Excellent work and informative presentation.

[@jefferymullins42]

I currently live on Clark AF Philippines since living here I’ve experienced about 4 or 5 earthquakes. I’m moving next week to Antique Provence no major volcanoes around.

[@llenichievzecharnov7229]

They had but sleeping volcano

[@yunnayun9367]

but we are close in negros are or alert level 1 now

[@princeramos3893]

i was 6 years old when mt. pinatubo erupted we are in bulacan at least 80kms away from the volcano, i remember it was noontime but it looks like midnight because it is too dark due to the ashcloud that blocks the sun,

[@francissantos7448]

The crater lake of Mt Pinatubo is open to tourists, were there any casualties in this eruption?

[@KaiserStormTracking]

No. however there some bomb disposal on its flank 30 minutes to an hour before the eruption

[@francissantos7448]

@@KaiserStormTracking thank you. I was at the crater lake in 2017, I don't remember seeing any steamy vents nearby where the tourists overlook or climb down to the lake.

[@rekomstop840k5]

Please PLEASE do a video on the ancient volcanic fields in Montana about 25-30 miles southeast of Great Falls

[@pault0910]

The eruption didn't immediately impact the weather in the Uk until July 1993. We then had 6 consecutive months of below average temperatures from July to November 1993. With unusually cold and wet conditions through the remainder of the Summer and into the Autumn. With a very frosty October and wintry November.

[@AndisweatherCenter]

I definitely do not think Pinatubo will have another caldera were forming eruption, this is more like what happened in Mount Saint Helens where it had some post caldera volcanism in 2004 through 2006. I completely agree with your analysis of Pinatubo

[@matthewabln6989]

What are your thoughts on predicting eruptions by muon detection?

[@pratikwaghma]

Please make video on formation of Deccan traps

[@KaiserStormTracking]

They formed in a similar way as the Siberian Traps but on a smaller scale

[@cathylatorre3349]

You did really good reporting on your channel,,,, thank you,,, Would have never known about any of this if there was not KZbin really I wouldn’t no way

[@robgianzon7427]

I remember going to Pampanga 1 1/2 years later for a furniture supplier foray/hunt for a Sg company lyet Pinatubo was still simmering and spewing ashfalls. There were warning sirens around 4:00 pm and we were crossing a river almost around that time in a Toyota Tamaraw when all of a sudden the whole air seem to be filled with ash and visibility was almost nil. The siren was wailing and we were rushing to cross the river as fast as we could. You could see the gray plumes rising as we finally reached the highway. No eruption though just that endless cascade of ash fall while we were driving in haste when a slight drizzle made the windshield even more blurred because of the wet ash clinging to the glass. Footnotes of that visit was that an entire town lied buried in lahar wherein the second floor became the first level and others wherein the roofs were the only one jutting out of the ground. Still Pampanga persevered as though nothing was happening and went about it’s business as usual. We had our usual food mukbang in one of the food places there during that time before going back to Manila.

[@barry7608]

Awesome informative thanks

[@hendrakartawidjaja2807]

Is there any connection between Pinatubo eruption and Semeru eruption in Indonesia? If there lava channel inside the earth, where is estimated when we can expect another volcanoes to explode?

[@yunnayun9367]

no

[@jakkrapholsingraksatrakul9378]

30 years later since the 1991 climatic eruption.

[@jdkkittrell3052]

Quite scary seeing a bunch of volcanoes erupting all over the world

[@thomasneal9291]

it's really just average activity. people get the wrong impression simply because it is much easier these days to access information.

[@egay86292]

are you saying the mountain was not electronically monitored?

[@ALECXANDER.]

my family live close by in olongapo hopefully everything is okay

[@christinenewell2679]

What distance would you recommend for La Palma……..evacuation I mean. (From the volcano).

[@KaiserStormTracking]

well just avoid the lava flows and the cone and try to the breath the ash and otherwise your fine