February 20, 2015 Eruption of Sinabung

Name: February 20, 2015 Eruption of Sinabung
Start: 2015-02-20
Location: Sinabung, Indonesia

February 20, 2015 · VEI 3

Sinabung in Indonesia erupted on February 20, 2015 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.

Where it erupted

Sinabung, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: February 20, 2015
Volcano: Sinabung, stratovolcano
Country: Indonesia
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 3.170° N, 98.392° E

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)
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.

A larger flow on Wednesday night reached 4 km distance, further than all of the previous ones in recent months. It reached the evacuated villages of Suka Meriah where it burnt houses. Fortunately, no victims were reported as people from the place had been relocated permanently. Ash fall occurred in Berastagi town 30 km away. (reference #11216)

Other significant eruptions of Sinabung

Every eruption in 2015 The 2000s Sinabung Earthquakes near Sinabung 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 6164.