February 5, 1818 Eruption of Colima

Name: February 5, 1818 Eruption of Colima
Start: 1818-02-05
Location: Colima, Mexico

February 5, 1818 · VEI 4 · Deaths: few

Colima in Mexico erupted on February 5, 1818 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4.

Where it erupted

Colima, Mexico, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: February 5, 1818
Volcano: Colima, stratovolcano
Country: Mexico
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
Location: 19.514° N, 103.620° W

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.

Medina lists fatalities and property damage. Servando de la Cruz suggests deaths could be due to starvation and disease after the eruption.

Other significant eruptions of Colima

Every eruption in 1818 The 1800s Colima Earthquakes near Colima This 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 3477.