1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami

The eruption at Ruang volcano in the Molucca Sea began on 3 March 1871 and ended on 14 March. The tsunami it raised struck neighbouring Tagulandang island, where very few homes survived. The naturalist Adolf Bernhard Meyer, who witnessed the eruption, described Ruang as a conical island rising above the sea.

Date and time (UTC)

1871-03-03

Highest recorded water height (m)

25

Cause, as the catalogue records it

volcano

NCEI event page

www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1022

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: volcano, indonesia, molucca sea, ruang

Coordinates: 2.28, 125.425

Part of Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899

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