December 18, 2017 Eruption of Merapi
Merapi in Indonesia erupted on December 18, 2017. The eruption killed 8 people.
Where it erupted
Merapi, Indonesia, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
The toll
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 8
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 landslide on the slopes of Indonesias Mount Merapi volcano on Java island on Monday killed at least eight people mining sand and stones and injured eight, the countrys disaster mitigation agency said.
The miners had been digging out sand and stones from a steep cliff when they were engulfed, Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement.
"There could be more miners buried by the landslide, but its unclear because the number working at the mine is also unclear," said Nugroho, noting that despite previous landslides in the area the practice had persisted.
(all above from reference #11971)
Note: No eruption.
Other significant eruptions of Merapi
- February 12, 2013
- January 3, 2011
- October 26, 2010
- June 14, 2006
- August 5, 2001
- November 2000
- January 14, 1997
- November 22, 1994
- December 31, 1986
- November 25, 1976
- October 22, 1974
- January 7, 1969
- October 1962
- May 8, 1961
- January 18, 1954
- February 1932
- December 18, 1930
- July 25, 1920
- January 30, 1904
- December 1902
- November 3, 1872
- April 17, 1872
- April 15, 1872
- December 25, 1832
- December 27, 1822
- August 4, 1672
- 1587
More
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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 6884.