1698 Eruption of Ciremai

Name: 1698 Eruption of Ciremai
Start: 1698
Location: Ciremai, Indonesia

1698 · VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Ciremai in Indonesia erupted in 1698 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.

Where it erupted

Ciremai, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1698
Volcano: Ciremai, stratovolcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 6.895° S, 108.408° 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 deaths. (reference #9675)

Every eruption in 1698 The 1600s Ciremai Earthquakes near Ciremai

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 2527.