August 4, 1907 Eruption of Alayta

Name: August 4, 1907 Eruption of Alayta
Start: 1907-08-04
Location: Alayta, Ethiopia

August 4, 1907 · VEI 2 · Deaths: few

Alayta in Ethiopia erupted on August 4, 1907 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Alayta, Ethiopia.

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The eruption

Date: August 4, 1907
Volcano: Alayta, shield volcano
Country: Ethiopia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 12.888° N, 40.573° 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.

CAVW reports fatalities from Afdera, but eruption now thought to be from Alayta. Number of fatalities uncertain. (reference #9675)

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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 11.