April 7, 1948 Eruption of Iliwerung

Name: April 7, 1948 Eruption of Iliwerung
Start: 1948-04-07
Location: Iliwerung, Indonesia

April 7, 1948 · VEI 2

Iliwerung in Indonesia erupted on April 7, 1948 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Iliwerung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: April 7, 1948
Volcano: Iliwerung, complex volcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 8.532° S, 123.573° E

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

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.

Van Bemmelen mentions no human deaths but notes nuees down E coast killed 300 cattle and destroyed 100 gardens.

Other significant eruptions of Iliwerung

Every eruption in 1948 The 1900s Iliwerung Earthquakes near Iliwerung 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 441.