December 4, 1847 Eruption of Dieng Volcanic Complex

Name: December 4, 1847 Eruption of Dieng Volcanic Complex
Start: 1847-12-04
Location: Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia

December 4, 1847 · VEI 2 · Deaths: some

Dieng Volcanic Complex in Indonesia erupted on December 4, 1847 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: December 4, 1847
Volcano: Dieng Volcanic Complex, complex volcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 7.200° S, 109.879° E

The toll

Deaths: Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

Fatalities low. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Dieng Volcanic Complex

Every eruption in 1847 The 1800s Dieng Volcanic Complex Earthquakes near Dieng Volcanic Complex 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 2572.