April 26, 1966 Eruption of Kelud

Date

April 26, 1966

Volcano

Kelud, stratovolcano

Country

Indonesia

Volcanic Explosivity Index

4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)

Killed by

Mudflows and lahars; Secondary (post-eruption) mudflows; Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts

Location

7.935° S, 112.314° E

Deaths

215

Missing

78

Injuries

86

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.

• February 13, 2014VEI 4 · 7 deaths · 4,098 houses destroyed
• July 199810 deaths
• November 25, 19904 deaths
• February 10, 1990VEI 4 · 35 deaths
• August 31, 1951VEI 4 · 7 deaths
• May 19, 1919VEI 4 · 5,110 deaths · 9,000 houses destroyed
• May 22, 1901VEI 3 · Deaths: some
• January 29, 1875Deaths: few
• January 4, 1864VEI 2 · 54 deaths
• May 16, 1848VEI 3 · 22 deaths · 800 houses destroyed
• October 13, 1826VEI 4 · Deaths: few
• July 20, 1716VEI 2 · Deaths: few
• 1586VEI 5 · 10,000 deaths
• 1385VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1376VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1334VEI 3 · Deaths: few
• 1311VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Every eruption in 1966The 1900sKeludEarthquakes near KeludThis day in weather history

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 141.