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Indonesia · Stratovolcano

Semeru

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3657m
Last eruption
2026
Semeru
Photo: Pambudiyoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3657m
Coordinates
-8.108, 112.922
Last eruption
2026
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Semeru, the highest volcano on Java, and one of its most active, lies at the southern end of a volcanic massif extending north to the Tengger caldera.

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From Wikipedia

Semeru is the highest mountain on the Indonesian island of Java and an active volcano located in the province of East Java in a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian Plate subducts under the Eurasian Plate. Semeru is 3,676 m tall at its peak, making it the third tallest volcano mountain in Indonesia after Kerinci and Rinjani.

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Eruption history

66 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
64
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1818 – 2026
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (2019, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
26
Summary (VEI over time)
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1818~1838 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21838~1858 · 9 eruptions · max VEI 21858~1878 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 21878~1898 · 14 eruptions · max VEI 21898~1919 · 17 eruptions · max VEI 31939~1959 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 21959~1979 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31999~2019 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 418181858191919591999

Detailed timeline

  1. 2019VEI 4Observed
    2019-02-24 – 2026-03-25
    Jonggring Seloko
  2. 2017VEI 4Observed
    2017-06-06 – 2018-10-31
    Jonggring Seloko
  3. 2014VEI 4Observed
    2014-04-01 – 2017-01-09
    Jonggring Seloko
  4. 2013VEI 1Observed
    2013-10-18 – 2013-10-18
    Jonggring Seloko
  5. 2011VEI 2Observed
    2011-05-13 – 2012-07-20
    Jonggring Seloko
  6. 2010VEI 2Observed
    2010-01-05 – 2010-11-29
    Jonggring Seloko
  7. 1967VEI 3Observed
    1967-08-31 – 2009-03-15
    Jonggring Seloko
  8. 1950VEI 2Observed
    1950-07-23 – 1964-12-16
    Jonggring Seloko
  9. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-02-16 – 1946-05-16
    Jonggring Seloko
  10. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-10-29 – 1947-06-16
    Jonggring Seloko
  11. 1945VEI 2Observed
    1945-06-12 – 1945-06-18
    Jonggring Seloko
  12. 1941VEI 2Observed
    1941-09-21 – 1942-02-16
    ESE flank (1400-1775 m)
  13. 1915 (±1 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1915-07-02 – end unknown
  14. 1913VEI 2Observed
    1913-06-23 – 1913-06-26
    Jonggring Seloko
  15. 1912VEI 2Observed
    1912-08-28 – end unknown
  16. 1911VEI 3Observed
    1911-11-08 – 1911-12-16
  17. 1910VEI 2Observed
    1910-11-16 – 1911-02-16
  18. 1909VEI 2Observed
    1909-09-16 – 1910-03-22
  19. 1908VEI 2Observed
    1908-01-16 – 1908-12-16
  20. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-01-07 – 1907-01-10
  21. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-07-09 – end unknown
  22. 1905VEI 2Observed
    1905-08-04 – end unknown
  23. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-01-02 – 1904-01-16
  24. 1903VEI 2Observed
    1903-03-26 – 1903-06-16
  25. 1901VEI 2Observed
    1901-01-29 – 1901-01-30
  26. 1900VEI 2Observed
    1900-03-29 – 1900-04-11
  27. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899-01-17 – 1899-03-31
  28. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899-08-11 – end unknown
  29. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899-12-16 – end unknown
  30. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-02-23 – end unknown
  31. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897-01-01 – 1897-01-03
  32. 1896VEI 2Observed
    1896-05-16 – 1896-06-16
  33. 1895VEI 2Observed
    1895-05-22 – 1895-10-01
  34. 1893VEI 2Observed
    1893-01-16 – 1893-05-16
  35. 1893VEI 2Observed
    1893-12-11 – 1894-02-16
  36. 1892VEI 2Observed
    1892-03-16 – 1892-04-16
  37. 1889VEI 2Observed
    1889-01-16 – 1891-05-31
  38. 1888VEI 2Observed
    1888-02-16 – 1888-10-16
  39. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-02-16 – 1887-03-16
  40. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-08-16 – 1887-10-11
  41. 1886VEI 2Observed
    1886-01-25 – 1886-08-26
  42. 1884VEI 2Observed
    1884-12-10 – 1885-09-16
  43. 1879VEI 2Observed
    1879-07-02 – end unknown
  44. 1878VEI 2Observed
    1878-07-02 – end unknown
  45. 1877VEI 2Observed
    1877-04-16 – end unknown
  46. 1877VEI 2Observed
    1877-09-16 – end unknown
  47. 1872VEI 2Observed
    1872-10-23 – 1872-10-23
  48. 1867VEI 2Observed
    1867-04-15 – 1867-05-16
  49. 1866VEI 2Method not stated
    1866-07-02 – end unknown
  50. 1865VEI 2Observed
    1865-04-15 – end unknown
  51. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860-04-16 – 1860-06-16
  52. 1857VEI 2Observed
    1857-08-13 – 1857-09-16
  53. 1856VEI 2Observed
    1856-09-10 – end unknown
  54. 1851VEI 2Observed
    1851-01-16 – end unknown
  55. 1849VEI ?Method not stated
    1849-07-02 – end unknown
  56. 1848VEI 2Observed
    1848-02-16 – end unknown
  57. 1848VEI 2Observed
    1848-08-04 – end unknown
  58. 1845VEI 2Observed
    1845-01-16 – 1845-07-16
  59. 1844VEI 2Observed
    1844-09-25 – 1844-09-27
  60. 1842VEI 2Observed
    1842-01-16 – 1842-03-16
  61. 1838VEI 2Observed
    1838-07-16 – 1838-10-18
  62. 1836VEI 2Observed
    1836-08-03 – 1836-08-05
  63. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-04-18 – end unknown
  64. 1830VEI 2Observed
    1830-12-15 – 1830-12-16
  65. 1829VEI 2Observed
    1829-02-16 – end unknown
  66. 1818VEI 2Observed
    1818-11-08 – end unknown

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