December 1973 Eruption of Iliwerung
Iliwerung in Indonesia erupted in December 1973 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 2 people, counting its secondary effects. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Iliwerung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- December 1973
- Volcano
- Iliwerung, complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Killed by
- Waves or tsunami
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Location
- 8.532° S, 123.573° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 2 with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
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.
A tsunami 50 m high generated by submarine activity swept away 2 fishermen. No further information about this event is available at this time. (reference #9675)
Other significant eruptions of Iliwerung
More
Every eruption in 1973The 1900sIliwerungEarthquakes near Iliwerung
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 445.