December 18, 1924 Eruption of Papandayan
Papandayan in Indonesia erupted on December 18, 1924 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 1 person.
Where it erupted
Papandayan, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- December 18, 1924
- Volcano
- Papandayan, stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 1, small (eruption column 100 m to 1 km)
- Killed by
- Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
- Location
- 7.320° S, 107.730° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
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.
Gas emission, believed to be H2S caused suffocation of a volcanological observer. Death date from Jaggar. (reference #9675)
Other significant eruptions of Papandayan
More
Every eruption in 1924The 1900sPapandayanEarthquakes near PapandayanThis 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 2504.