Catastrophe du lac Nyos

Lake Nyos disaster - 1986 disaster in Cameroon due to a limnic eruption of Lake Nyos. Article “Catastrophe du lac Nyos” in French Wikipedia has 35 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 34 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Catastrophe du lac Nyos”, its content was written by 24 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 203 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in French Wikipedia and cited 80 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #6468 in June 2018
• Global: #25295 in August 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #23320 in August 2025
• Global: #1034 in April 2017

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		50.0147
2	Chinese (zh) 尼奧斯湖災難		47.152
3	Ukrainian (uk) Катастрофа на озері Ніос		42.1911
4	Turkish (tr) Nyos Gölü felaketi		41.5917
5	Korean (ko) 니오스호 참사		39.7774
6	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		34.9816
7	Spanish (es) Catástrofe del lago Nyos		34.8216
8	Hebrew (he) האסון באגם ניוס		34.2651
9	Russian (ru) Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос		28.48
10	Portuguese (pt) Desastre do Lago Nyos		21.6249

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Catastrophe du lac Nyos" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		3 378 331
2	Polish (pl) Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos		132 324
3	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		116 297
4	Spanish (es) Catástrofe del lago Nyos		83 535
5	Russian (ru) Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос		55 009
6	Italian (it) Disastro del lago Nyos		48 304
7	Chinese (zh) 尼奧斯湖災難		30 939
8	Portuguese (pt) Desastre do Lago Nyos		20 256
9	Indonesian (id) Bencana Danau Nyos		8 015
10	Arabic (ar) كارثة بحيرة نيوس		5 199

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Catastrophe du lac Nyos" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		16 049
2	Spanish (es) Catástrofe del lago Nyos		1 894
3	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		1 534
4	Russian (ru) Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос		1 446
5	Turkish (tr) Nyos Gölü felaketi		809
6	Italian (it) Disastro del lago Nyos		547
7	Polish (pl) Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos		455
8	Chinese (zh) 尼奧斯湖災難		300
9	Portuguese (pt) Desastre do Lago Nyos		291
10	Indonesian (id) Bencana Danau Nyos		82

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Catastrophe du lac Nyos" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		89
2	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		24
3	Polish (pl) Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos		24
4	Italian (it) Disastro del lago Nyos		21
5	Spanish (es) Catástrofe del lago Nyos		10
6	Chinese (zh) 尼奧斯湖災難		10
7	Hebrew (he) האסון באגם ניוס		8
8	Russian (ru) Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос		6
9	Portuguese (pt) Desastre do Lago Nyos		4
10	Indonesian (id) Bencana Danau Nyos		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Catastrophe du lac Nyos" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		2
2	Korean (ko) 니오스호 참사		1
3	Arabic (ar) كارثة بحيرة نيوس		0
4	Spanish (es) Catástrofe del lago Nyos		0
5	Estonian (et) Nyose järve katastroof		0
6	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		0
7	Hebrew (he) האסון באגם ניוס		0
8	Indonesian (id) Bencana Danau Nyos		0
9	Italian (it) Disastro del lago Nyos		0
10	Polish (pl) Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Catastrophe du lac Nyos" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Lake Nyos disaster		24
2	French (fr) Catastrophe du lac Nyos		8
3	Italian (it) Disastro del lago Nyos		8
4	Russian (ru) Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос		7
5	Polish (pl) Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos		6
6	Hebrew (he) האסון באגם ניוס		5
7	Chinese (zh) 尼奧斯湖災難		5
8	Portuguese (pt) Desastre do Lago Nyos		4
9	Arabic (ar) كارثة بحيرة نيوس		3
10	Indonesian (id) Bencana Danau Nyos		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كارثة بحيرة نيوس
en	English Lake Nyos disaster
es	Spanish Catástrofe del lago Nyos
et	Estonian Nyose järve katastroof
fr	French Catastrophe du lac Nyos
he	Hebrew האסון באגם ניוס
id	Indonesian Bencana Danau Nyos
it	Italian Disastro del lago Nyos
ko	Korean 니오스호 참사
pl	Polish Katastrofa nad jeziorem Nyos
pt	Portuguese Desastre do Lago Nyos
ru	Russian Лимнологическая катастрофа на озере Ньос
tr	Turkish Nyos Gölü felaketi
uk	Ukrainian Катастрофа на озері Ніос
zh	Chinese 尼奧斯湖災難

Best Rank

French: #23320 08.2025

Global: #1034 04.2017

Best Rank

French: #6468 06.2018

Global: #25295 08.2021

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