Volcano news: Soputan

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Soputan volcano (North Sulawesi, Indonesia): occasional minor ash emissions

Tue, 5 May 2020, 07:04

Plume rising from Soputan volcano on 4 May (image: PVMBG)

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin recorded on 2 May at 00:07 local time new emissions of steam and ash that rose 1,148 ft (350 m) above the summit. Read all

Soputan Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA REPORTED TO FL070 AT 02/0007Z OBS VA DTG: 02/0030Z

Thu, 2 Apr 2020, 00:45

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Soputan volcano (North Sulawesi, Indonesia): possible activity, first since Dec 2018

Mon, 23 Mar 2020, 11:02

Soputan volcano on 22 March (image: PVMBG)

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin recorded an explosive activity from the active crater with ash emissions that reached 14,000 ft (4,267 m) altitude. Read all

Soputan Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA REPORTED TO FL140 AT 22/2252Z EST VA DTG: 22/2325Z

Sun, 22 Mar 2020, 23:30

Satellite image of Soputan volcano on 22 Mar 2020

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Background:

The small Soputan stratovolcano on the southern rim of the Quaternary Tondano caldera on the northern arm of Sulawesi Island is one of Sulawesi's most active volcanoes.  The youthful, largely unvegetated volcano rises to 1784 m and is located SW of Sempu volcano.  It was constructed at the southern end of a SSW-NNE trending line of vents.  During historical time the locus of eruptions has included both the summit crater and Aeseput, a prominent NE-flank vent that formed in 1906 and was the source of intermittent major lava flows until 1924.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution