September 5, 1927 Eruption of Esjufjoll

Name: September 5, 1927 Eruption of Esjufjoll
Start: 1927-09-05
Location: Esjufjoll, Iceland

September 5, 1927 · VEI 1 · 1 death

Esjufjoll in Iceland erupted on September 5, 1927 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Esjufjoll, Iceland.

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The eruption

Date: September 5, 1927
Volcano: Esjufjoll, stratovolcano
Country: Iceland
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 1, small (eruption column 100 m to 1 km)
Killed by: Mudflows and lahars
Location: 64.250° N, 16.583° W

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.

Start Date: 1927 Sep 5 ± 4 days. Eruption is UNCERTAIN, Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI): 1?.

Eruptive Characteristics: Central vent eruption (?), Explosive eruption (?). (reference #2432)

One person died as a result of the jokulhlaup. (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 5565.