Galunggung mountains erupt "BOOM"

Accompanied by the sound boom, fire, heating, and kilatan lightning erupt Gunung Galunggung on 5 May 1982. Activities during the eruption lasted 9 hours and ended on 8 January 1983. During this eruption, about 18 people died, most due to the indirect (traffic accident, old age, cold and lack of food). Estimated losses of Rp 1 billion and 22 left without the village. Eruption in this period has also been changing the map of the region around 20 km radius from the crater Galunggung, which includes Indihiang District, District Sukaratu and District Leuwisari. Change the map of this region more dissolution caused by the road network and the flow of the river and the area as a result of the cold lava flow melimpahnya material form of rock-pebble-sand. In the post-eruption period (ie around 1984-1990) is the rehabilitation of disaster areas, namely with the restructure the road network is lost, the dredging mud / sand in the river and irrigation (especially Cikunten I), and check dams dibangunnya (bag cold lava) Sinagar in the region as a 'fortress' melimpahnya the cold lava flood to the area of Tasikmalaya. At this period also made the exploitation of sand galunggung which is considered high quality materials for building materials and road construction. In the later years, to the sand dredging business galunggung is growing, even in the early development (around 1984-1985) built the road network from the Railway Station near Indihiang KA (Kp. Cibungkul-Parakanhonje) to check sinagar dam as the special to carry sand from galungung to Jakarta.

Mount Galunggung erupt once recorded in the year 1882. Marks the beginning of the eruption in July 1822, in which water Cikunir become turbid and muddy. Results showed that craters examination turbid water is hot and sometimes appear in the column of smoke from the crater. Then on 8 October s.d. October 12, the rain burst reddish sand which is very hot, smooth gray, clouds, heat, and lava. Lava flow moving toward the southeast to follow the flow of river-flow. This eruption killed 4,011 inhabitants and 114 villages destroyed, with damage to the land to the east and south as far as 40km from the mountain top.

Next eruption occurred in 1894. Between the dates 7-9 October, the explosion occurred which resulted in a summer cloud. Then, on 27 and 30 October, the lava flows occurred on the same river that flows with lava in the eruption that produced in 1822. This eruption destroyed 50 villages, part of the house collapse due to rain are a gray.

In the year 1918, early in the month of July, the next eruption occurs, the earthquake begins. Explosion on 6 July this rainy gray setebal the 2-5mm in a limited crater and south slopes. And on July 9, recorded eruption lava dome in the crater lake at 85m with the size of which was then called 560x440m mountain So.