June 5, 1362 Eruption of Oraefajokull
Oraefajokull in Iceland erupted on June 5, 1362 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. The eruption killed 220 people.
Where it erupted
Oraefajokull, Iceland, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- June 5, 1362
- Volcano
- Oraefajokull, stratovolcano
- Country
- Iceland
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 5, very large (eruption column over 25 km)
- Killed by
- Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts); Floods (and glacial outburst floods)
- Location
- 64.000° N, 16.650° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 220
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Some deaths were from floods, but most were from tephra falls.
Other significant eruptions of Oraefajokull
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Every eruption in 1362The 1300sOraefajokullEarthquakes near OraefajokullThis day in weather history
Sources
Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 4326.