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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
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
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Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Banda Api · Indonesia

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
9 May 198817 May 1988?3Confirmed 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

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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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