Dieng Volcanic Complex

May 13, 1928 Eruption of Dieng Volcanic Complex

May 13, 1928 · VEI 2 · 40 deaths

Dieng Volcanic Complex in Indonesia erupted on May 13, 1928 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 40 people.

Where it erupted

Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
May 13, 1928
Volcano
Dieng Volcanic Complex, complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index
2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Killed by
Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
Location
7.200° S, 109.879° E

The toll

Deaths
40

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.

One person was killed by a falling rock at Simbar, 750 m from the vent near Timbang. Verstappen does not specify cause of death but reports 39 people killed at Butak. The Volcanological Society of Indonesia (VSI) plaque near Sinila crater lists 39 fatalities in 1928. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Dieng Volcanic Complex

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Every eruption in 1928The 1900sDieng Volcanic ComplexEarthquakes near Dieng Volcanic ComplexThis 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 2573.