Volcano in Indonesia
Ilimuda volcano: eruption status today
Updated
Ilimuda is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report Dec 28, 2023) 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.
Live status of Ilimuda: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- Active (NASA EONET) latest report Dec 28, 2023
- Last eruption
- Undated (probable Holocene)
- Elevation
- 881 m 2,891 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 1 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Kupang 210 km SSE
Is Ilimuda erupting right now?
NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Ilimuda, last updated Dec 28, 2023 (1033 days ago). EONET opens an event when agencies such as the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program report eruptive activity or unrest, and closes it when activity ends.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Ilimuda
USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Ilimuda in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.2 on Oct 12, 2026, 35 km SSE of the summit at 101 km depth.
0 of them were shallower than 10 km. Swarms of shallow quakes can mean magma or gas is moving, but most swarms end without an eruption; observatories combine them with ground deformation and gas data.
| Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Distance | Depth | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 16:12 UTC | M4.2 | 35 km SSE | 101 km | 74 km ESE of Maumere, Indonesia |
About Ilimuda
Ilimuda is a stratovolcano in Lesser Sunda Is, Indonesia, rising to 881 m (2,891 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Fumarolic".
Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.
The nearest large town is Kupang, about 210 km SSE of the summit.
- Kupang (210 km)
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Soekarno–Hatta, 1795 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Indonesia
Indonesia has 66 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 6 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Lewotobi, 7 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.