1690 Eruption of Guntur

Name: 1690 Eruption of Guntur
Start: 1690
Location: Guntur, Indonesia

1690 · VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Guntur in Indonesia erupted in 1690 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.

Where it erupted

Guntur, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1690
Volcano: Guntur, complex volcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 7.143° S, 107.841° E

The toll

Deaths: Few (about 1 to 50)

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.

Unknown number of deaths.

Other significant eruptions of Guntur

Every eruption in 1690 The 1600s Guntur Earthquakes near Guntur

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 2505.