September 6, 1889 Eruption of Banua Wuhu
Banua Wuhu in Indonesia erupted on September 6, 1889 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Banua Wuhu, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- September 6, 1889
- Volcano
- Banua Wuhu, submarine volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Earthquake
- Yes: the earthquake with it
- Location
- 3.138° N, 125.491° E
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
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.
Other tsunamis due to earthquakes accompanying eruptions are: - 1878 August 29 Okmok?, 1971 September 6 Tinakula, 1741 August 29 Osima-o-Sima(7), 1640 July 31 Komagatake, 1827 August 9 Avachinsky, 1889 September 6 Banua Wuhu, 1845 February 8 Soputan?, 46 A.D.? and 1650 September 29 Santorin, and 1693 February 13 Hekla. (reference #1686)
Note: ref #10848 and others indicate uncertainty if Eruption of Ruang or Banua Wuhu. Reference #10953 lists Banua Wuhu as eruptive period 06 Sept to 09 Sept 1899 (VEI 1),and Ruang as starting in June 1889 with unknown end date (VEI 1)
Other significant eruptions of Banua Wuhu
More
Every eruption in 1889The 1800sBanua WuhuEarthquakes near Banua WuhuThis 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 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 569.