Éruption volcanique

Eruption of Awu

6 août 1812 · Indonesia

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6 août 1812
Type
Éruption volcanique
Position
Indonesia
Coordonnées
3.69° N, 125.45° E
Vei
3
Deaths
953
Volcano type
Stratovolcano

Mount Awu

Stratovolcano on Sangir island in Indonesia

Mount Awu is the largest stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands chain, located on Sangir Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Powerful eruptions have occurred in 1711, 1812, 1856, 1822, 1892, and 1966 with devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars that resulted in 11,048 fatalities. A total of 18 eruptions are recorded from 1640, with two of VEI 4 and 3 with VEI 3, one eruption every ~ 20 years.

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