June 11, 1820 Eruption of Banda Api

Name: June 11, 1820 Eruption of Banda Api
Start: 1820-06-11
Location: Banda Api, Pacific Ocean

June 11, 1820 · VEI 2 · Deaths: few

Banda Api in the Pacific Ocean erupted on June 11, 1820 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Banda Api, Pacific Ocean, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: June 11, 1820
Volcano: Banda Api, caldera
Country: Pacific Ocean
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 4.523° S, 129.881° 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.

Kusumadinata-79: unknown number killed.

Other significant eruptions of Banda Api

Every eruption in 1820 The 1800s Banda Api Earthquakes near Banda Api 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 482.