May 16, 1848 Eruption of Kelud

Date

May 16, 1848

Volcano

Kelud, stratovolcano

Country

Indonesia

Volcanic Explosivity Index

3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)

Killed by

Mudflows and lahars

Location

7.935° S, 112.314° E

Deaths

22

Houses destroyed

800

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
• October 13, 1826VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• 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 1848The 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 133.