March 18, 1992 Eruption of Dieng Volcanic Complex
Dieng Volcanic Complex in Indonesia erupted on March 18, 1992. The eruption killed 1 person.
Where it erupted
Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- March 18, 1992
- Volcano
- Dieng Volcanic Complex, complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Killed by
- Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
- Location
- 7.200° S, 109.879° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
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.
One person was killed and two persons hospitalized by a gas emission on March 18, 1992 not associated with an eruption. (reference #9675)
A sudden gas emission occurred at about 1600 on 18 March from a fractured and altered zone in a river valley 200 m W of Sikidang Crater. After the gas emission, one person was found dead in the stream, and two others were hospitalized after trying to rescue him. (reference #2432)
Other significant eruptions of Dieng Volcanic Complex
More
Every eruption in 1992The 1900sDieng Volcanic ComplexEarthquakes near Dieng Volcanic ComplexThis 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 6327.