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Éruptions volcaniques importantes: Mer de Banda

In historic times, at least 6 volcanoes have been active en Mer de Banda, including Banda Api, Nila et Serua volcanoes. A total of 44 eruptions have been witnessed and documented since autour 1512 AD.
The table below lists the most recent volcanic eruptions, significant eruptive episodes or related events en Mer de Banda since 1800.

Date	Volcan	VEI	Région	Morts	Dommages
1988 Mai 9 - Mai 17	Banda Api Summit, north and south flanks	3?	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1988 Mai 9 (éruption 1988 Mai 9 - Mai 17)	Banda Api	3	Banda Sea (Indonesia)	4	inconnu	Infos
1988 Mai 9: A lava flow overran the mosque in Batu Angus village, killing an elderly man who had sought refuge rather than flee with the evacuees. Two young men drowned when their canoe was hit by a block. SEAN gives 3 killed. Cited references #1412 Simkin, Tom, and Lee Siebert with the collaboration of Russell Blong, Jonathan Dehn, Christopher Newhall, Roland Pool, and Thomas C. Stein (1994): Volcanoes of the World, Second Edition, A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism During the Last 10,000 Years, Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, in association with Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program, Washington, D.C., p. 164-176. #1669 Smithsonian Institution (1975-1989): Smithsonian Institution-SEAN, 1975-89. [Monthly event reports]. Bull Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN), v 1-14 Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
1968 Mai 7 - Jun 16 ±15 d.	Nila East flank	1	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1964 Mar 16 ±15 d.	Nila	1?	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1932 Mar 13	Nila SE flank	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1921 Sep 18	Serua Summit and south flank	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1919 Nov	Serua	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1904 Jun 3	Teon	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1903 Déc 8	Nila	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1901 Mai 18	Banda Api Summit and north flank	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1892 Jun 3 - Jun 5	Wurlali	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1890 Nov 23	Banda Api	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1859	Serua	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1858	Serua	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1846 Sep	Serua	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1844 Août - Sep	Serua	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1825 ? - 1831	Banda Api	1	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1824 Avr 22 - Jun 28	Banda Api North side	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1820 Jun 11 - Août 8	Banda Api Summit, south and NNW flanks	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu
1820 Jun 11 (éruption 1820 Jun 11 - Août 8)	Banda Api	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)	1-50 (*)	inconnu	Infos
1820 Jun 11: Kusumadinata-79: unknown number killed. Cited references #1412 Simkin, Tom, and Lee Siebert with the collaboration of Russell Blong, Jonathan Dehn, Christopher Newhall, Roland Pool, and Thomas C. Stein (1994): Volcanoes of the World, Second Edition, A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism During the Last 10,000 Years, Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, in association with Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program, Washington, D.C., p. 164-176. #1651 Kusumadinata K (1979): Data Dasar Gunungapi Indonesia. Bandung: Volc Surv Indonesia, 820 p (in Indonesian) Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
1816 Oct 11 - Déc	Banda Api	2	Banda Sea (Indonesia)		inconnu

(*) Chiffres estimés

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Remark:

Our list of volcanic eruptions closely follows the database of eruptions of the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project (GVP), the internationally most recognized data source for volcanic eruptions, but also includes significant eruptive episodes or related volcano events. "Volcanic eruptions" are usually to be understood as sequences of individual eruptive episodes that can follow each other, or even overlap (if several vents are involved), and can last many years, decades or even longer. For example, the current activity of Stromboli volcano is understood as a single eruption that has been ongoing since 1934.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K | Global Volcanism Project / Smithsonian Institution

Mer de Banda FAQ

+When was the last volcanic eruption en Mer de Banda?

The last volcanic eruption en Mer de Banda was from Banda Api volcano in 1988.

+When was the first documented volcanic eruption en Mer de Banda?

The first historically documented eruption occurred autour 1512 AD from Gunung Api Wetar volcano.

+How often do volcanoes en Mer de Banda erupt?

Since 1512 AD, Mer de Banda has seen at least 44 historically documented eruptions. This means that a volcano erupts on average every 11.7 years.

+How active are the volcanoes en Mer de Banda?

Mer de Banda is volcanically occasionally active: Since 1900, at least 4 volcanoes en Mer de Banda have been active.Since 1900, Mer de Banda has had 9 volcanic eruptions from 4 individual volcanoes. Volcanic eruptions have been recorded erupted during 9 years out of 126 as of now. This means, at least one volcano en Mer de Banda has been in eruption in one in 14 years on average. The last volcano to erupt en Mer de Banda was Banda Api volcano, which erupted in 1988, 37 years ago.

+When was the largest volcanic eruption en Mer de Banda?

The largest eruption en Mer de Banda in historic times was from Serua volcano. It occurred in 1693 AD. It ranks as a sub-plinian eruption with a magnitude 4 on the VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) scale.

Liste des volcans

Banda Api

(caldera 640 m / 2,100 ft)

Eruption of Banda Api in 1988 - a large fissure has cut the island in half, producing dense ash emissions and lava flows on both sides that destroyed the village of Batu Angus on the north flank (image: Tom Casadevall / USGS)

Banda Api volcano forms a small isolated 3-km-wide island in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, 130 km south of Makulu Island. The volcano rises 4000 m from the sea floor and is the most recent and very active cone of a 7 km wide volcanic caldera mostly under water.
It is one of th... [plus d'info]

Emperor of China

(submarine volcano (?) -2850 m / -9,350 ft)

The "Emperor of China" is an questionable submarine volcano in the western part of the Banda Sea and rises 1500 m above the sea floor. The mountain has a flat shield shape and there are unconfirmed reports about possible eruptions in 1927 and before 1927. (Source: GVP) [plus d'info]

Gunung Api Wetar

(stratovolcano 282 m / 925 ft)

Gunung Api Wetar (Gunung Api = Fire Mountain) volcano forms a small round island in an isolated location in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. The volcano is a massive stratovolcano, rising 5 km from the sea floor; the island is just the uppermost 282 m above water. It is built from lava ... [plus d'info]

Manuk

(stratovolcano 282 m / 925 ft)

Manuk is a small steep-sided island in the Banda volcanic arc. It the easternmost volcano of Indonesia, and located only 750 km north of Darwin, Australia.
Manuk volcano rises 3000 m from the sea floor and forms a small truncated cone above water. It has summit crater with ... [plus d'info]

Nieuwerkerk

(submarine volcano (?) -2258 m / -7,497 ft)

Nieuwerkerk has been described as a submarine volcano with two summits 7 km apart along a NNW-SSE-trending ridge in the western part of the Banda Sea, but there is no certainty whether a submarine volcano actually exists in this location... Eruptions might have occurred sometime ... [plus d'info]

Nila

(stratovolcano 781 m / 2,562 ft)

Nila stratovolcano forms a small 5x6 km island in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. It has a low caldera breached at sea level on the south and east. In its center, Laworkawra, a 781 m high vegeted cone, forms the most recent volcanic edifice. Fumaroles are located on the SE flank of the... [plus d'info]

Serua

(stratovolcano 641 m / 2,103 ft)

Serua volcano (also known as Legatala) is one of the most active volcanoes of the Banda Sea. It forms a small 2x4 km wide island in the eastern Banda Sea, Indonesia. Andesitic Serua volcano is the tip of a stratovolcano rising 3600 m from the sea floor. It has a truncated cone fo... [plus d'info]

Teon

(stratovolcano 655 m / 2,149 ft)

Andesitic Teon volcano (also known as Serawerna, the name of its active crater) forms an elongated island in NNE direction and is built up from lava flows and cinder cones. A major eruption in 1660 produced pyroclastic flows and surges which caused fatalities and damage. [plus d'info]

Wurlali

(stratovolcano 868 m / 2,848 ft)

Wurlali volcano (also called Damar, Daam, Dammer) on Damar Island, Indonesia, 375 km NE of Dili, East Timor, is an andestici stratovolcano and the SW-most historically active volcano in the Banda arc. It has a 5 km diameter caldera and 2 craters at the active northern end of the ... [plus d'info]

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