September 28, 1907 Eruption of Lewotobi

Name: September 28, 1907 Eruption of Lewotobi
Start: 1907-09-28
Location: Lewotobi, Indonesia

September 28, 1907 · VEI 2 · 1 death

Lewotobi in Indonesia erupted on September 28, 1907 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Lewotobi, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: September 28, 1907
Volcano: Lewotobi, stratovolcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 8.542° S, 122.775° E

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 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.

1 killed, several wounded.

Other significant eruptions of Lewotobi

Every eruption in 1907 The 1900s Lewotobi Earthquakes near Lewotobi 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 411.