August 6, 2010 Eruption of Karangetang

Name: August 6, 2010 Eruption of Karangetang
Start: 2010-08-06
Location: Karangetang, Indonesia

August 6, 2010 · VEI 3 · 4 deaths

Karangetang in Indonesia erupted on August 6, 2010 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 4 people.

Where it erupted

Karangetang, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

Open the live map with volcanic ash advisories and webcams

The eruption

Date: August 6, 2010
Volcano: Karangetang, stratovolcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 2.781° N, 125.407° E

The toll

Deaths: 4
Injuries: 5
Houses destroyed: Few (about 1 to 50)

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.

Eruptive Characteristics: Central vent eruption,

Explosive eruption, Pyroclastic flow(s), Lava flow(s), Fatalities, Damage (land, property, etc.), Evacuation. (reference #2432)

Aug 7, 2010, 11:47 GMT. Jakarta - Five people were injured and four others reported missing after a volcano eruption on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, the National Disaster Management Agency said Saturday. (reference #9468)

Mar 12, 2011. One of the most active Indonesian volcanoes erupted on Friday. The authorities evicted the population from the surroundings of the Mount Karangetang. Until now, it is unknown of the eruption caused significant damages.

The volcano erupted the last time in august [2010], and four people lost their lives at that time. This time the eruption took place a few hours after the Japan earthquake.

(reference #9469)

Other significant eruptions of Karangetang

Every eruption in 2010 The 2000s Karangetang Earthquakes near Karangetang 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 5424.