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Indonesia · Stratovolcano

Kelut

Kelud

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1730m
Last eruption
2014
Kelut
Photo: Aldnonymous · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1730m
Coordinates
-7.935, 112.314
Last eruption
2014
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The relatively inconspicuous Kelud stratovolcano contains a summit crater lake that has been the source of some of Indonesia's most deadly eruptions. A cluster of summit lava domes cut by numerous craters has given the summit a very irregular profile. Satellitic cones and lava domes are also located low on the E, W, and SSW flanks. Eruptive activity has in general migrated in a clockwise direction around the summit vent complex. More than 30 eruptions have been recorded since 1000 CE. The ejection of water from the crater lake during the typically short but violent eruptions has created pyroclastic flows and lahars that have caused widespread fatalities and destruction. After more than 5,000 people were killed during an eruption in 1919, an engineering project to drain the crater lake lowered the surface by more than 50 m. The 1951 eruption deepened the crater by 70 m, leaving 50 million cubic meters of water after the damaged drainage tunnels were repaired. Following more than 200 deaths in the 1966 eruption, a new deeper tunnel was constructed, and the lake's volume before the 1990 eruption was only about 1 million cubic meters.

Eruption history

40 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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230 BCE~43 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?892~1079 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31266~1453 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 31453~1640 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 51640~1827 · 10 eruptions · max VEI 41827~2014 · 15 eruptions · max VEI 4230 BCE33189212661827

Detailed timeline

  1. 2014VEI 4Observed
    2014-02-13 – 2014-02-15
    Summit crater lake
  2. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-10-16 – 2008-04-16
  3. 1990VEI 4Observed
    1990-02-10 – 1990-03-13
  4. 1967VEI 1Observed
    1967-02-18 – 1967-02-18
  5. 1967VEI 1Observed
    1967-12-11 – 1967-12-11
    Crater floor at foot of Kelut Peak
  6. 1966VEI 4Observed
    1966-04-26 – 1966-04-27
  7. 1951VEI 4Observed
    1951-08-31 – 1951-08-31
  8. 1920VEI 2Observed
    1920-12-06 – 1920-12-12
  9. 1919VEI 4Observed
    1919-05-19 – 1919-05-20
  10. 1901VEI 3Observed
    1901-05-22 – 1901-05-23
  11. 1864VEI 2Observed
    1864-01-04 – 1864-01-04
  12. 1851VEI 2Observed
    1851-01-24 – end unknown
  13. 1849VEI ?Method not stated
    1849-07-02 – end unknown
  14. 1848VEI 3Observed
    1848-05-16 – 1848-05-17
  15. 1835VEI 2Observed
    1835-07-02 – end unknown
  16. 1826VEI 4Observed
    1826-10-11 – 1826-10-25
  17. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-07-02 – end unknown
  18. 1811VEI 2Observed
    1811-06-05 – end unknown
  19. 1785VEI 2Observed
    1785 – end unknown
  20. 1776VEI 2Observed
    1776 – end unknown
  21. 1771VEI 2Observed
    1771-01-10 – end unknown
  22. 1756VEI ?Method not stated
    1756 – end unknown
  23. 1752VEI 2Observed
    1752-05-01 – end unknown
  24. 1716VEI 2Observed
    1716-07-20 – end unknown
  25. 1641VEI 4Observed
    1641 – end unknown
  26. 1586VEI 5Observed
    1586 – end unknown
  27. 1548VEI 3Observed
    1548 – end unknown
  28. 1500VEI ?Method not stated
    1500 – end unknown
  29. 1481VEI 3Observed
    1481 – end unknown
  30. 1462VEI 3Observed
    1462 – end unknown
  31. 1451VEI 3Observed
    1451 – end unknown
  32. 1450VEI 3Observed
    1450 – end unknown
  33. 1411VEI 3Observed
    1411 – end unknown
  34. 1395VEI 3Observed
    1395 – end unknown
  35. 1385VEI 3Observed
    1385 – end unknown
  36. 1376VEI 3Observed
    1376 – end unknown
  37. 1334VEI 3Observed
    1334 – end unknown
  38. 1311VEI 3Observed
    1311 – end unknown
  39. 1000VEI 3Observed
    1000 – end unknown
  40. 230 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    230 BCE – end unknown

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