September 5, 1963 Eruption of Batur

Name: September 5, 1963 Eruption of Batur
Start: 1963-09-05
Location: Batur, Indonesia

September 5, 1963 · VEI 2 · 2 deaths

Batur in Indonesia erupted on September 5, 1963 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 2 people.

Where it erupted

Batur, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: September 5, 1963
Volcano: Batur, caldera
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 8.240° S, 115.378° E

The toll

Deaths: 2
Houses destroyed: Few (about 1 to 50)

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.

2 reported killed, 3 villages partly destroyed, 18 houses destroyed, 1,600 ha arable land destroyed. VSI says there were no fatalities from this eruption.

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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 345.