Eruption of Ruiz, Nevado del

When

13 Nov 1985

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Where

Colombia

Coordinates

4.89° N, 75.32° W

Vei

3

Deaths

23080

Injuries

10000

Volcano type

Stratovolcano

1985 volcanic eruption in Colombia

The Armero tragedy occurred following the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia, on November 13, 1985. The volcano's eruption after 69 years of dormancy caught nearby towns unprepared, even though volcanological organizations had warned the government to evacuate the area after they had detected volcanic activity two months earlier.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Armero tragedy: The Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts, killing an estimated 23,000 people, including 21,000 killed by lahars, in the town of Armero, Colombia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “éruption catastrophique du Nevado del Ruiz en Colombie, faisant morts (du fait d’un lahar) ; un géographe français, J.-C”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “извержение вулкана Невадо-дель-Руис в Колумбии, погибли около 23 тысяч человек, в том числе около 21 тысячи человек из-за лахаров в городе Армеро”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Armero, Colombia, el volcán Nevado del Ruiz erupciona el cráter Arenas, causando la Tragedia de Armero”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مأساة أرميرو: ثورة بركان نيفادو ديل رويز، ومقتل حوالي 23 ألف شخص، ومنهم 21 ألف في مدينة أرميرو في بسبب الحمم المتدفقة”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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