Destructive Eruption of Mayon

Date: February 1, 1814 • Location: Anuling, Philippines

More than 1,200 people died in the most destructive recorded eruption of Mayon in the Philippines.

Mayon, also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist destination, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" owing to its symmetric conical shape, and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology.