January 16, 1873 Eruption of Ragang

Name: January 16, 1873 Eruption of Ragang
Start: 1873-01-16
Location: Ragang, Philippines

January 16, 1873 · VEI 2 · Deaths: few

Ragang in the Philippines erupted on January 16, 1873 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Ragang, Philippines, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: January 16, 1873
Volcano: Ragang, stratovolcano
Country: Philippines
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 7.691° N, 124.507° 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.

Deaths possibly associated with eruption.

Every eruption in 1873 The 1800s Ragang Earthquakes near Ragang 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 677.