653 Eruption of Dakataua

Name: 653 Eruption of Dakataua
Start: 0653
Location: Dakataua, Papua New Guinea

653 · VEI 6

Dakataua in Papua New Guinea erupted in 653 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.

Where it erupted

Dakataua, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 653
Volcano: Dakataua, caldera
Country: Papua New Guinea
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
Location: 5.046° S, 150.100° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

Other significant eruptions of Dakataua

1895VEI 2 · Deaths: few

Every eruption in 653 The 600s Dakataua Earthquakes near Dakataua

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 7404.