October 24, 1991 Eruption of Lokon-Empung
Lokon-Empung in Indonesia erupted on October 24, 1991 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 1 person.
Where it erupted
Lokon-Empung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- October 24, 1991
- Volcano
- Lokon-Empung, stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 1, small (eruption column 100 m to 1 km)
- Killed by
- Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts); Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts
- Location
- 1.358° N, 124.792° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
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.
An amateur Swiss volcanologist was killed while observing the eruption.
Other significant eruptions of Lokon-Empung
More
Every eruption in 1991The 1900sLokon-EmpungEarthquakes near Lokon-EmpungThis 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 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 4458.