The compound Ambang volcano is the westernmost of the active volcanoes on the northern arm of Sulawesi. The 1795-m-high stratovolcano rises 750 m above lake Danau. Several craters up to 400 m in diameter and five solfatara fields are located at the summit. Ambang's only known historical eruption, of unspecified character, took place in the 1840s.
Complex volcano 1795 m / 5,889 ft
North Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia, 0.74°N / 124.42°E
Current status:
normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Ambang volcano eruptions:
2005 (phreatic), 1845 (+-5)
Typical eruption style:Explosive, construction of lava domes, pyroclastic flows - at present fumarolic activity
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Ambang volcano news & activity updates:
Ambang volcano (North-Sulawesi, Indonesia): seismic unrest, alert level raised
Friday Jul 04, 2014 15:00 PM | BY: T
A swarm of volcanic earthquakes that started yesterday under the volcano prompted VSI to raise the alert status from normal to waspada (2 on a scale of 1-4).
During 3 July, 62 volcanic quakes were detected, compared to averaged of 1-2 per day during the previous weeks. A light steam plume could be observed from the volcano's summit.
The remote volcano had its last eruption in 2005, when phreatic explosions occurred.
