Volcano in Papua New Guinea
Langila volcano: eruption status today
Updated
Langila is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report May 8, 2026) 5 satellite hot spots within 10 km. 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.
Live status of Langila: 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 May 8, 2026
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later
- Elevation
- 1,330 m 4,364 ft
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 1 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 5 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Port Moresby 461 km SSW
Is Langila erupting right now?
NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Langila, last updated May 8, 2026 (171 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.
NASA FIRMS shows 5 thermal hot spots within 10 km of the summit in the latest VIIRS satellite passes (strongest 6.9 MW fire radiative power). Hot spots on a volcano can be lava, a glowing vent or ordinary vegetation fires; satellites cannot tell them apart on their own.
Earthquakes near Langila
USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Langila in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.4 on Oct 3, 2026, 13 km SSW of the summit at 233 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 3, 11:05 UTC | M4.4 | 13 km SSW | 233 km | 117 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea |
About Langila
Langila is a complex volcano in New Britain-SW Pac, Papua New Guinea, rising to 1,330 m (4,364 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Complex volcanoes have several vents or overlapping cones, so activity can shift between craters.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Port Moresby, 461 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Brisbane, 2481 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 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has 16 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now. The closest other one is Ritter Island, 34 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.