September 15, 1976 Eruption of Karangetang
Karangetang in Indonesia erupted on September 15, 1976 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 1 person.
Where it erupted
Karangetang, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- September 15, 1976
- Volcano
- Karangetang, stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Killed by
- Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts; Lava flows
- Location
- 2.781° N, 125.407° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Houses destroyed
- 24
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.
1 killed and 1 injured by small pyroclastic flow from collapse of lava flow front when evacuees returned at night to witness incandescent lava. 24 houses destroyed by lava. (reference #1412)
24 houses destroyed, 44 in the path of the flow dismantled. (reference #13732)
Other significant eruptions of Karangetang
More
Every eruption in 1976The 1900sKarangetangEarthquakes near KarangetangThis 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 562.