Tangkuban Parahu

June 1923 Eruption of Tangkuban Parahu

June 1923 · 3 deaths

Tangkuban Parahu in Indonesia erupted in June 1923. The eruption killed 3 people.

Where it erupted

Tangkuban Parahu, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
June 1923
Volcano
Tangkuban Parahu, stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Killed by
Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location
6.770° S, 107.600° E

The toll

Deaths
3

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.

End of June, 3 high school boys killed by asphyxiating gas. Carbonic acid and H2S involved. No eruption. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Tangkuban Parahu

More

Every eruption in 1923The 1900sTangkuban ParahuEarthquakes near Tangkuban Parahu

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 6325.