June 4, 1692 Eruption of Serua

Name: June 4, 1692 Eruption of Serua
Start: 1692-06-04
Location: Serua, Pacific Ocean

June 4, 1692 · VEI 4 · Deaths: some

Serua in the Pacific Ocean erupted on June 4, 1692 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4.

Where it erupted

Serua, Pacific Ocean, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: June 4, 1692
Volcano: Serua, stratovolcano
Country: Pacific Ocean
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
Killed by: Lava flows
Location: 6.312° S, 130.017° E

The toll

Deaths: Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

Many killed at Hislo on W part of the island by a stream of "burning brimstone".

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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 466.