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Dieng Volcanic Complex

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
2565m
Last eruption
2025
Dieng Volcanic Complex
Photo: Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2565m
Coordinates
-7.200, 109.879
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The Dieng plateau in the highlands of central Java is renowned both for the variety of its volcanic scenery and as a sacred area housing Java's oldest Hindu temples, dating back to the 9th century CE. The Dieng Volcanic Complex consists of multiple stratovolcanoes and more than 20 small Pleistocene-to-Holocene craters and cones over a 6 x 14 km area. Prahu stratovolcano was truncated by a large Pleistocene caldera, which was subsequently filled by a series of cones, lava domes, and craters, many containing lakes. Lava flows cover much of the plateau, but observed activity has been restricted to minor phreatic eruptions. Gas emissions are a hazard at several craters and have caused fatalities. There are abundant thermal features and high heat flow across the area.

From Wikipedia

The Dieng Volcanic Complex is a volcanic complex located on the Dieng Plateau in Central Java, Indonesia, a complex of volcanoes. The volcanic complex consists of two or more stratovolcanoes, more than 20 small craters, and Pleistocene to Holocene-age volcanic cones. It covers a 6 by 14 kilometres area. The Prahu stratovolcano was truncated by a large Pleistocene caldera and then filled by parasitic cones, lava domes, and craters which is 120 °C (248 °F). Some of them are turned into lakes. Toxic volcanic gas has caused fatalities and is a hazard at several craters. On 20 February 1979, 149 people died of gas poisoning in Pekisaran Village on the plateau near the Sinila Crater. The area is also home to a major geothermal project.

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Eruption history

33 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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6590 BCE~6303 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 0560 BCE~273 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?273 BCE~14 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01163~1450 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31737~2024 · 28 eruptions · max VEI 26590 BCE4580 BCE2283 BCE273 BCE1737

Detailed timeline

  1. 2024VEI 1Observed
    2024-12-18 – 2025-01-06
    Sileri Crater Lake
  2. 2021VEI 1Observed
    2021-04-29 – 2021-04-29
  3. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-04-01 – 2018-04-01
    Sileri Crater
  4. 2017VEI 1Observed
    2017-04-30 – 2017-07-02
    Sileri Crater
  5. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-01-15 – 2009-01-15
    Sibanteng crater
  6. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-09-27 – 2009-09-27
    Sileri Crater
  7. 2003VEI 1Observed
    2003-07-16 – 2003-07-16
    Sileri Crater
  8. 1996VEI 1Observed
    1996-12-31 – 1996-12-31
    Near Padangsari crater
  9. 1993VEI 1Observed
    1993-01-23 – 1993-01-23
    Near Pandawa Lima temples
  10. 1986VEI 1Observed
    1986-08-06 – 1986-08-06
    Sileri Crater
  11. 1981VEI 1Observed
    1981-07-02 – end unknown
    Sikidang
  12. 1979VEI 1Observed
    1979-02-20 – 1979-02-20
    Sinila and Sigluduk
  13. 1964VEI 1Observed
    1964-12-13 – 1964-12-13
    Sileri Crater
  14. 1956VEI 1Observed
    1956-06-02 – 1956-06-02
    Sileri Crater
  15. 1954VEI 0Observed
    1954-12-06 – 1954-12-06
    Candradimuka area
  16. 1953VEI 2Observed
    1953-03-24 – 1953-03-25
  17. 1952VEI 1Method not stated
    1952-07-16 – end unknown
  18. 1944VEI 2Observed
    1944-12-04 – end unknown
    Sileri Crater
  19. 1943VEI 1Observed
    1943-11-03 – end unknown
    Sileri Crater
  20. 1939VEI 1Observed
    1939-10-13 – 1939-10-15
    Butak Petarangan
  21. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-05-13 – end unknown
    Butak Petarangan (Timbang)
  22. 1883VEI 1Observed
    1883-12-26 – 1884-03-18
    Sikidang
  23. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847-12-04 – end unknown
    Pakuwaja
  24. 1826VEI 2Observed
    1826-10-11 – 1826-10-15
    Pakuwaja
  25. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-07-02 – end unknown
    Pakuwaja
  26. 1786VEI 2Observed
    1786 – end unknown
    Butak Petarangan (Butak)
  27. 1776VEI ?Method not stated
    1776 – end unknown
  28. 1766VEI ?Method not stated
    1766 – end unknown
  29. 1375 (±75 yrs)VEI 3Observed
    1375 – end unknown
    Pakuwaja
  30. 1180 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1180 – end unknown
  31. 50 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    50 BCE – end unknown
  32. 500 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    500 BCE – end unknown
    Sikidang-Siterus (Telaga Lumut)
  33. 6590 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    6590 BCE – end unknown
    Sikunang

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