Volcanic Eruptions of the 1800s

• Kyejo, 1800VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• St. Helens, 1800VEI 5 · Deaths: many
• Hualalai, 1800VEI 0 · 2 deaths
• Guntur, October 8, 1800Deaths: many
• Mayon, October 30, 1800VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Chokaisan, August 14, 1801VEI 2 · 8 deaths
• Asamayama, July 4, 1803VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Asamayama, November 7, 1803VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Shikotsu, 1804VEI 3 · Deaths: many
• Vesuvius, August 11, 1805VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Sao Jorge, May 1, 1808VEI 1 · 9 deaths
• Soufriere St. Vincent, April 27, 1812VEI 4 · 56 deaths
• Awu, August 6, 1812VEI 3 · 953 deaths
• Vesuvius, May 1813VEI 2 · tsunami
• Mayon, February 1, 1814VEI 4 · 1,200 deaths
• Tambora, April 10, 1815VEI 7 · 60,000 deaths · tsunami
• Asosan, July 5, 1816VEI 2 · 1 death
• Raung, 1817VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• Ijen, January 24, 1817VEI 2 · Deaths: some · 90 houses destroyed
• Colima, February 5, 1818VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• Asuncion, 1819tsunami
• Westdahl, March 1, 1820VEI 2 · tsunami
• Banda Api, June 11, 1820VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Toya, March 9, 1822VEI 4 · 50 deaths
• Galunggung, October 8, 1822VEI 5 · 4,011 deaths
• Merapi, December 27, 1822VEI 3 · 100 deaths
• Kilauea, February 1823VEI 0 · Deaths: few
• Balbi, 1825Deaths: many
• Shishaldin, March 21, 1825VEI 3 · tsunami
• Asosan, October 1826VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Dieng Volcanic Complex, October 11, 1826VEI 2 · Deaths: some
• Kelud, October 13, 1826VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• Avachinsky, June 27, 1827VEI 2 · tsunami
• Avachinsky, August 9, 1827VEI 2
• Guntur, 1829VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Etna, November 1, 1832VEI 2 · Deaths: some
• Merapi, December 25, 1832VEI 2 · 32 deaths
• Kaba, November 24, 1833VEI 2 · 126 deaths
• Cosiguina, January 20, 1835VEI 5 · Deaths: few
• Banda Api, November 1, 1835Deaths: many
• Peuet Sague, September 1837tsunami
• Gamalama, February 26, 1838VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Unnamed, February 12, 1839VEI 2 · tsunami
• Savo, 1840VEI 3 · 100 deaths
• Tinakula, 1840VEI 3 · Deaths: many
• Gamalama, February 2, 1840VEI 3 · 500 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Kilauea, May 30, 1840VEI 0 · tsunami
• Ararat, July 2, 1840VEI 3 · 1,900 deaths
• Kuchinoerabujima, April 1841VEI 2
• Liamuiga, February 8, 1843VEI 0 · tsunami
• Soufriere Guadeloupe, February 17, 1843tsunami
• Lamongan, August 1843VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Etna, November 25, 1843VEI 2 · 59 deaths
• Soputan, February 8, 1845VEI 2 · 118 deaths · tsunami
• Nevado del Ruiz, February 19, 1845VEI 3 · 1,000 deaths
• Hekla, September 2, 1845VEI 4
• Taupo, May 7, 184663 deaths
• Tangkuban Parahu, May 27, 1846VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Esan, November 18, 1846VEI 1 · Deaths: many
• Fogo, April 9, 1847VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Dieng Volcanic Complex, December 4, 1847VEI 2 · Deaths: some
• Kelud, May 16, 1848VEI 3 · 22 deaths · 800 houses destroyed
• Rabaul, 1850VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Niuafo'ou, June 24, 1853VEI 0 · 25 deaths
• Mayon, July 13, 1853VEI 3 · 34 deaths
• Unnamed, October 29, 1853VEI 2 · tsunami
• Asosan, February 1854VEI 2 · 3 deaths
• Sheveluch, February 18, 1854VEI 5
• Alaid, June 27, 1854VEI 3 · tsunami
• Awu, March 2, 1856VEI 3 · 2,806 deaths · tsunami
• Shishaldin, July 26, 1856tsunami
• Hokkaido-Komagatake, September 25, 1856VEI 4 · 25 deaths
• Umboi, April 17, 1857Deaths: some · tsunami
• Mayon, January 1858VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Midagahara, April 23, 1858Deaths: many
• Midagahara, July 3, 1858Deaths: many
• Grimsvotn, 18601 death
• Semeru, April 1860VEI 2
• Fuego, August 18, 1860VEI 2
• Grimsvotn, May 1861VEI 2
• Dubbi, May 7, 1861VEI 3 · 106 deaths
• Kie Besi, December 29, 1861VEI 4 · 326 deaths
• Yasur, August 17, 1863Deaths: many · tsunami
• Kelud, January 4, 1864VEI 2 · 54 deaths
• Santorini, February 20, 1866VEI 2 · 1 death
• Ofu-Olosega, September 12, 1866VEI 2 · tsunami
• Zaozan [Zaosan], October 21, 1867VEI 2 · 3 deaths
• Mauna Loa, April 3, 1868VEI 2 · 77 deaths · tsunami
• Etna, September 5, 1868tsunami
• Lewotobi, July 7, 1869VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Lamongan, August 1869VEI 2 · 8 deaths
• Iliwerung, 1870VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• Ambae, 1870VEI 2 · 100 deaths
• Ruang, August 1870VEI 2 · Deaths: few · 40 houses destroyed
• Ruang, March 3, 1871VEI 2 · 400 deaths · 75 houses destroyed · tsunami
• Camiguin, April 30, 1871VEI 2 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• Gamalama, August 7, 1871VEI 2 · 1 death
• Mayon, December 8, 1871VEI 3 · 3 deaths
• Sinarka, 1872VEI 4 · Deaths: many
• Merapi, April 15, 1872VEI 4 · 30 deaths · 50 houses destroyed
• Merapi, April 17, 1872VEI 4 · 170 deaths
• Vesuvius, April 24, 1872VEI 3 · 9 deaths
• Merapi, November 3, 1872VEI 4 · 200 deaths
• Asosan, December 1872VEI 3 · 4 deaths
• Vesuvius, 18739 deaths
• Ragang, January 16, 1873VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Miyakejima, July 3, 1874VEI 3 · 1 death · 45 houses destroyed
• Taal, July 19, 1874VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Mayon, 18751,500 deaths
• Kelud, January 29, 1875Deaths: few
• Askja, March 29, 1875VEI 5
• Mauna Loa, February 14, 1877VEI 0 · tsunami
• Cotopaxi, June 25, 1877VEI 4 · 340 deaths
• Yasur, January 10, 1878VEI 3 · tsunami
• Rabaul, February 4, 1878VEI 3 · 1 death · tsunami
• Yasur, February 11, 1878tsunami
• Okmok, August 29, 1878VEI 2 · tsunami
• Stromboli, February 4, 1879VEI 2 · tsunami
• Karthala, March 1883VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Krakatau, August 27, 1883VEI 6 · 36,417 deaths · tsunami
• Augustine, October 6, 1883VEI 4 · 8 deaths · tsunami
• Krakatau, October 10, 1883tsunami
• Bagana, December 1883VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• Krakatau, February 1884tsunami
• Semeru, April 18, 1885VEI 2 · 74 deaths
• Purace, May 25, 1885VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• Tungurahua, January 11, 1886VEI 4 · 2 deaths
• Okataina, June 10, 1886VEI 5 · 153 deaths · tsunami
• Niuafo'ou, August 31, 1886VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• Mayon, March 9, 1887VEI 3 · 15 deaths
• Ritter Island, March 13, 1888VEI 2 · Deaths: very many · tsunami
• Bandaisan, July 15, 1888VEI 4 · 461 deaths
• Banua Wuhu, September 6, 1889VEI 2 · tsunami
• Victory, 1890VEI 2 · Deaths: many
• Kie Besi, June 29, 1890VEI 2
• Sorikmarapi, May 21, 1892VEI 2 · 180 deaths
• Awu, June 7, 1892VEI 3 · 1,532 deaths · tsunami
• Tofua, August 30, 1892VEI 2 · tsunami
• Calbuco, January 7, 1893VEI 4
• Azumayama, June 7, 1893VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Ambrym, October 1894VEI 3 · 10 deaths
• Dakataua, 1895VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• Semeru, May 22, 1895VEI 2 · 80 deaths
• Karkar, June 17, 1895VEI 2 · 21 deaths
• Kirishimayama, October 16, 1895VEI 2 · 4 deaths
• Kirishimayama, March 15, 1896VEI 2 · 1 death
• Tinakula, March 26, 1897VEI 2 · tsunami
• Mayon, May 23, 1897VEI 3 · 350 deaths
• Manam, 1899VEI 2 · 2 deaths
• Dona Juana, November 13, 1899VEI 4 · 55 deaths

• 4300s BC 2
• 4000s BC 2
• 3500s BC 2
• 2400s BC 1
• 2000s BC 1
• 1900s BC 1
• 1800s BC 2
• 1700s BC 1
• 1600s BC 2
• 1500s BC 1
• 1400s BC 1
• 1300s BC 1
• 1000s BC 2
• 400s BC 1
• 200s BC 1
• 100s BC 3
• 99 to 1 BC 1
• Years 1 to 99 4
• 200s 3
• 300s 2
• 400s 2
• 500s 2
• 600s 3
• 700s 4
• 800s 1
• 900s 5
• 1000s 1
• 1100s 6
• 1200s 4
• 1300s 15
• 1400s 5
• 1500s 30
• 1600s 45
• 1700s 63
• 1800s 150
• 1900s 378
• 2000s 152

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.