December 1, 1987 Eruption of Sirung
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.
The eruption
- Date
- December 1, 1987
- Volcano
- Sirung, complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Earthquake
- Yes: the earthquake with it
- 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.