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Indonesia

Banda Api.

Volcano profile for Banda Api 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
596 m
Last documented eruption
1988
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-4.523°, 129.881°
GVP number
265090

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Indonesia

Banda Api

Caldera

Elevation
596 m
Last documented eruption
1988
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-4.523°, 129.881°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Inner Banda Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
265090
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Banda Api · Indonesia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
9 May 198817 May 19883?Confirmed eruption
20 Mar 1902Not available—Uncertain eruption
18 May 1901Not available2Confirmed eruption
23 Nov 189023 Nov 18902Confirmed eruption
29 Dec 185530 Dec 1855—Uncertain eruption
16 Oct 1835Not available—Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1825Uncertain dating2 Jul 18311Confirmed eruption
22 Apr 182428 Jun 18242Confirmed eruption
11 Jun 18208 Aug 18202Confirmed eruption
11 Oct 181616 Dec 18162Confirmed eruption
1778Not available2Confirmed eruption
1775Not available2Confirmed eruption
6 Feb 1773Not available2Confirmed eruption
19 Apr 1765Oct 17662Confirmed eruption
1762Not available2Confirmed eruption
1749Not available2Confirmed eruption
1722Not available2Confirmed eruption
May 1712Dec 17122Confirmed eruption
169022 May 16963^Confirmed eruption
1683Not available3Confirmed eruption
18 Nov 1635Not available1?Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 1632Not available3^Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 1615Apr 16153Confirmed eruption
1614Not available—Uncertain eruption
1609Not available3^Confirmed eruption
159816023Confirmed eruption
17 Apr 1586Not available3^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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Banda Api · No current eruption report · 596 m

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC