What the records say
- When
- Feb 1946
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 8.11° S, 112.92° E
- Vei
- 2
- Deaths
- 6
- Houses destroyed
- 81
- Volcano type
- Stratovolcano
Semeru
Stratovolcano in Indonesia
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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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page
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