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Indonesia

Krakatau.

Volcano profile for Krakatau in Indonesia, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Caldera
Elevation
285 m
Last documented eruption
2024
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-6.1009°, 105.4233°
GVP number
262000

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Indonesia

Krakatau

Caldera

Elevation
285 m
Last documented eruption
2024
No current eruption report

Reporting period: Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-6.1009°, 105.4233°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Sunda Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
262000
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Krakatau · Indonesia

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
25 May 202120 Feb 20242Confirmed eruption
18 Jun 201817 Apr 20203Confirmed eruption
17 Feb 201719 Feb 20171Confirmed eruption
31 Mar 201431 Mar 20141Confirmed eruption
31 Oct 201331 Oct 20131Confirmed eruption
11 Mar 201329 Mar 20131Confirmed eruption
25 Oct 20109 Sep 20122Confirmed eruption
25 Mar 200916 Sep 20092Confirmed eruption
23 Oct 200730 Aug 20082Confirmed eruption
21 Jul 200117 Sep 20011Confirmed eruption
29 May 200030 Oct 20001Confirmed eruption
5 Feb 199916 Aug 19992Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 199716 May 19972Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 199616 Oct 19962Confirmed eruption
19 Mar 199416 Jun 19952Confirmed eruption
7 Nov 199216 Oct 19931Confirmed eruption
14 Feb 198816 Apr 19882Confirmed eruption
24 Apr 198120 Oct 19811Confirmed eruption
15 Mar 198016 Dec 19802Confirmed eruption
15 Jul 197916 Nov 19792Confirmed eruption
10 Jul 197816 Nov 19781Confirmed eruption
27 Mar 197526 Oct 19752Confirmed eruption
10 Jun 19721 Jul 19732Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1969Not available2?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1965Uncertain datingNot available1?Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 19592 Jul 19632Confirmed eruption
2 Oct 195825 Jun 19592Confirmed eruption
11 Feb 1955Not available2Confirmed eruption
21 Sep 195325 Nov 19532Confirmed eruption
17 Mar 19531 May 19532Confirmed eruption
10 Oct 195211 Oct 19522Confirmed eruption
3 Jul 19507 Jul 19502Confirmed eruption
12 May 1949Not available2Confirmed eruption
26 Dec 19467 Aug 19472Confirmed eruption
25 Jul 194625 Jul 19461Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1945Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1944Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1943Not available2Confirmed eruption
29 Jan 194230 Jan 19422Confirmed eruption
28 Jan 194112 Feb 19412Confirmed eruption
4 Jul 19382 Jul 19403Confirmed eruption
6 Aug 193723 Nov 19372Confirmed eruption
13 Oct 193616 Nov 19361Confirmed eruption
4 Jan 193512 Jul 19352Confirmed eruption
14 Nov 19329 Jun 19343Confirmed eruption
23 Sep 193117 Feb 19322Confirmed eruption
29 Dec 192715 Aug 19302Confirmed eruption
20 May 188321 Oct 18836Confirmed eruption
1 Feb 1684Not available3^Confirmed eruption
May 168019 Nov 16813Confirmed eruption
1530Not available—Confirmed eruption
1320Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1150Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1050Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
950Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
850Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
535Not available4CConfirmed eruption
250Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Krakatau · No current eruption report · 285 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Radin Inten II International AirportIndonesia · TKG · WILL
    98.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC