October 8, 1822 Eruption of Galunggung
Galunggung in Indonesia erupted on October 8, 1822 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. The eruption killed 4,011 people.
Where it erupted
Galunggung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- October 8, 1822
- Volcano
- Galunggung, stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 5, very large (eruption column over 25 km)
- Killed by
- Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts; Mudflows and lahars
- Location
- 7.250° S, 108.058° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 4,011
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
114 villages destroyed. Katili & Sudrajat consider most of the fatalities to result from nuees ardentes, which extended 10 km. (reference #9675)
Other significant eruptions of Galunggung
More
Every eruption in 1822The 1800sGalunggungEarthquakes near GalunggungThis 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 2521.