Volcano profile

Indonesia

Gamalama.

Volcano profile for Gamalama 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,714 m
Last documented eruption
2018
Coordinates
0.81°, 127.3322°
GVP number
268060

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Indonesia

Gamalama

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,714 m
Last documented eruption
2018
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
0.81°, 127.3322°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Halmahera Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
268060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Gamalama · Indonesia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
4 Oct 20186 Oct 20181Confirmed eruption
3 Aug 20164 Aug 20161Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 20158 Sep 20152Confirmed eruption
18 Dec 201425 Dec 20142Confirmed eruption
15 Sep 201217 Sep 20121Confirmed eruption
5 Dec 201123 Dec 20112Confirmed eruption
10 May 2008Not available1Uncertain eruption
23 Aug 2007Not available?1Uncertain 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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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Gamalama · No current eruption report · 1,714 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Sultan Babullah AirportIndonesia · TTE · WAEE
    6.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

TernateIndonesia · 6.2 km

SofifiIndonesia · 26.5 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedAiraJapanCaldera · 1,117 mEruption reportedDukonoIndonesiaVolcanic complex · 1,273 mEruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 mEruption reportedIbuIndonesiaStratovolcano · 1,357 mEruption reportedKanlaonPhilippinesStratovolcano · 2,422 mEruption reportedKarangetangIndonesiaStratovolcano · 1,797 mEruption reportedKlyuchevskoyRussiaStratovolcano · 4,754 mEruption reportedKrakatauIndonesiaCaldera · 285 m

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC