Sirung

December 1, 1987 Eruption of Sirung

December 1, 1987 · 125 deaths · $5 million · 237 houses destroyed

Sirung in Indonesia erupted on December 1, 1987. The eruption killed 125 people, counting its secondary effects.

Where it erupted

Sirung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
December 1, 1987
Volcano
Sirung, complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Location
8.497° S, 124.131° E

The toll

Deaths
125 with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Injuries
Many (about 101 to 1,000) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Damage
$5 million with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Houses destroyed
237 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 VSI (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia) observer visited the volcano on 12 December. Fumaroles and the crater lake were normal and showed no evidence of increased activity that might be attributed to the M 6.5 earthquake of 26 November (preliminary epicenter 8.35°S, 124.25°E). The only notable change in the crater was a fresh landslide scar that may have resulted from the earthquake.

Other significant eruptions of Sirung

More

Every eruption in 1987The 1900sSirungEarthquakes near SirungThis 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 4663.