1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami

Volcanic eruption and tsunami in Indonesia 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Vulkaan op Poelau Roeang TMnr 60018639.jpg Mount Ruang 3 March 1871 14 March 1871 Sangihe Islands, Molucca Sea 2 416 The 1871 Ruang eruption began on 3 March, and ended on 14 March 1871 at the Ruang volcano in the Molucca Sea, Indonesia. The eruption triggered a locally devastating tsunami measuring 25 m. It flooded many villages on nearby islands, killing some 400 people. Eruption The eruption on 3 March began when volcanic materials began falling from the summit and into the sea. German zoologist and anthropologist Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer, an eyewitness to the eruption described Ruang as a conical island rising above the sea. At the time of the eruption, the island was uninhabited. The residents of nearby Tagulandang island however, owned plantations on Ruang island. A strong earthquake and loud rumbling sound occurred at 20:00 local time. Based on examining historical observations of the eruption, Pranantyo and others interpreted it as the partial collapse of the eastern volcanic flank. Simulation of a flank collapse and the triggered tsunami indicate the volume of the slide at 0.1 km3 best fit the historical descriptions of the tsunami heights on nearby islands.Ignatius R. Pranantyo Mohammad Heidarzadeh Phil R. Cummins Complex tsunami hazards in eastern Indonesia from seismic and non-seismic sources: Deterministic modelling based on historical and modern data Geoscience Letters 2021 8 8 20 10.1186/s40562-021-00190-y 2021GSL.....8...20P 233746800 https://geoscienceletters.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40562-021-00190-y.pdf free The Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Institution assigned the eruption Level 2 on the volcanic explosivity index (VEI).Ruang 267010 2022-01-23 Eruptions continued on 9–10 and 14 March. Tsunami According to Dr. Meyer, the tsunami caused extreme devastation on Tagulandang island, located next to Ruang, very few homes survived the tsunami.Rowley G. D. https://archive.org/stream/Ornithologicalm2#page/324/mode/1up Ornithological Miscellany 1877 Taylor and Francis London 324–325 2 Waves of up to 25 m swept into the seaside settlements, and inundated 180 m inland. Two additional tsunami waves struck the coast shortly after. The tsunami destroyed the village of Bahhuas; at least 75 homes were destroyed. Three homes remained at the coast but only one was safe for use; the two other homes suffered major damage. Many homes were overturned or obliterated. A church on the island with thick exterior walls was also demolished. Debris of homes were deposited all over the former settlement.Significant Volcanic Eruption https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/volcano/event-more-info/533 ngdc.noaa.gov NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 23 January 2022Tsunami Event Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1022 earthquake.usgs.gov NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 23 January 2022 See also 1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami List of tsunamis List of volcanic eruptions by death toll References Category:1870s disasters in Asia Category:Tsunamis in Indonesia Category:19th-century volcanic events Category:VEI-2 eruptions Category:19th-century tsunamis Category:Volcanic tsunamis Category:1871 natural disasters Category:1871 in the Dutch East Indies Category:Sangihe Islands Category:Geography of North Sulawesi Category:Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia