Volcano in Indonesia
Sangeang Api volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Sangeang Api is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later (NOAA NCEI). Note: 1 satellite hot spot within 10 km in the latest FIRMS data.
Live status of Sangeang Api: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later
- Elevation
- 1,912 m 6,273 ft
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 1 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Bima 48 km SW
Is Sangeang Api erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Sangeang Api right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
NASA FIRMS shows 1 thermal hot spot within 10 km of the summit in the latest VIIRS satellite passes (strongest 5.1 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 Sangeang Api
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Sangeang Api in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Sangeang Api
Sangeang Api is a complex volcano in Lesser Sunda Is, Indonesia, rising to 1,912 m (6,273 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Complex volcanoes have several vents or overlapping cones, so activity can shift between craters.
The nearest large town is Bima, about 48 km SW of the summit; 1 other city lie within 250 km.
- Bima (48 km) earthquakes nearby
- Labuan Bajo (96 km) earthquakes nearby
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Soekarno–Hatta, 1389 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, 7 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Tambora, 118 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.