1870 Eruption of Iliwerung

Name: 1870 Eruption of Iliwerung
Start: 1870
Location: Iliwerung, Indonesia

1870 · VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Iliwerung in Indonesia erupted in 1870 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.

Where it erupted

Iliwerung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1870
Volcano: Iliwerung, complex volcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 8.532° S, 123.573° 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.

Unknown number of deaths occurred.

Other significant eruptions of Iliwerung

Every eruption in 1870 The 1800s Iliwerung Earthquakes near Iliwerung

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 439.