Volcano in Pacific Ocean
Serua volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Serua is being reported right now Last eruption: 1900–1963; last significant eruption 1692 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Serua: 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
- 1900–1963 last significant: 1692
- Elevation
- 608 m 1,995 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 4 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Ambon 355 km NW
Is Serua erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Serua right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1900–1963, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in 1692. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
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 Serua
USGS located 4 earthquakes within 50 km of Serua in the past 30 days, 1 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.5 on Oct 19, 2026, 10 km WSW of the summit at 158 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 19, 06:15 UTC | M4.5 | 10 km WSW | 158 km | Banda Sea |
| Oct 12, 23:43 UTC | M4.1 | 35 km ENE | 111 km | 278 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia |
| Oct 3, 14:49 UTC | M4.4 | 24 km SE | 140 km | Banda Sea |
| Oct 1, 02:09 UTC | M4.5 | 19 km NE | 115 km | 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia |
About Serua
Serua is a stratovolcano in Banda Sea, Pacific Ocean, rising to 608 m (1,995 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
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 volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Ambon, 355 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Ninoy Aquino, 2519 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 Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean has 21 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now. The closest other one is Nila, 74 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.