Volcano in Indonesia
Wurlali volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Wurlali is being reported right now Last eruption: 1800–1899; last significant eruption 1993 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Wurlali: 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
- 1800–1899 last significant: 1993
- Elevation
- 868 m 2,848 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
- Dili 377 km WSW
Is Wurlali erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Wurlali right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1800–1899, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in 1993. 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 Wurlali
USGS located 4 earthquakes within 50 km of Wurlali in the past 30 days, 3 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.5 on Oct 23, 2026, 33 km SW of the summit at 128 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 23, 12:24 UTC | M4.5 | 33 km SW | 128 km | 207 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste |
| Oct 19, 11:10 UTC | M4.1 | 49 km SW | 153 km | 192 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste |
| Oct 18, 20:24 UTC | M4.4 | 26 km S | 143 km | 223 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste |
| Sep 26, 03:11 UTC | M4.2 | 39 km SSW | 147 km | 205 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste |
About Wurlali
Wurlali is a stratovolcano in Banda Sea, Indonesia, rising to 868 m (2,848 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 Dili, 377 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Soekarno–Hatta, 2434 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 Teon, 54 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.