August 15, 1999 Eruption of Sheveluch

Name: August 15, 1999 Eruption of Sheveluch
Start: 1999-08-15
Location: Sheveluch, Russia

August 15, 1999 · VEI 4

Sheveluch in Russia erupted on August 15, 1999 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4.

Where it erupted

Sheveluch, Russia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: August 15, 1999
Volcano: Sheveluch, stratovolcano
Country: Russia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
Location: 56.653° N, 161.360° E

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

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.

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI): 4?. Lava Volume: >1x108 m3. Eruptive Characteristics: Central vent eruption, Explosive eruption, Pyroclastic flow(s), Lava flow(s), Lava dome extrusion, Damage (land, property, etc.), Mudflow(s) (lahars). (reference #2432)

Other significant eruptions of Sheveluch

Every eruption in 1999 The 1900s Sheveluch Earthquakes near Sheveluch This 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 5484.