July 8, 1967 Eruption of Ol Doinyo Lengai
Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania erupted on July 8, 1967 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
Where it erupted
Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- July 8, 1967
- Volcano
- Ol Doinyo Lengai, stratovolcano
- Country
- Tanzania
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
- Location
- 2.764° S, 35.914° E
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
Ash fell at the Arusha airport, 110 km to the south east and Wilson airport, Nairobi, 190 km to the north east, and at both airports the corrosive dust damaged aluminum aircraft.
Other significant eruptions of Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Every eruption in 1967The 1900sOl Doinyo LengaiEarthquakes near Ol Doinyo LengaiThis 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 1672.