October 13, 1826 Eruption of Kelud

Date

October 13, 1826

Volcano

Kelud, stratovolcano

Country

Indonesia

Volcanic Explosivity Index

4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)

Killed by

Mudflows and lahars

Location

7.935° S, 112.314° E

Deaths

Few (about 1 to 50)

Injuries

65

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.

• February 13, 2014VEI 4 · 7 deaths · 4,098 houses destroyed
• July 199810 deaths
• November 25, 19904 deaths
• February 10, 1990VEI 4 · 35 deaths
• April 26, 1966VEI 4 · 215 deaths
• August 31, 1951VEI 4 · 7 deaths
• May 19, 1919VEI 4 · 5,110 deaths · 9,000 houses destroyed
• May 22, 1901VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• January 29, 1875Deaths: few
• January 4, 1864VEI 2 · 54 deaths
• May 16, 1848VEI 3 · 22 deaths · 800 houses destroyed
• July 20, 1716VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• 1586VEI 5 · 10,000 deaths
• 1385VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1376VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1334VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1311VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Every eruption in 1826The 1800sKeludEarthquakes near KeludThis day in weather history

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 132.