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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Banda Api
The 640-m-high symmetrical volcano of Banda Api, the most active of a chain of volcanoes in Indonesia's Banda Sea, forms a small 3-km-wide island within a largely submerged 7-km-wide caldera. This May 19, 1988, view from the south shows vegetation damage from the 1988 eruption and the southern half of a prominent arcuate fissure that extended from the south coast through the summit to 200 m above the north coast. The still-steaming narrow black lava flow entering the sea to the left of center is one of four erupted in 1988. Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1988 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Volcano Number:
265090
Volcano Name:
Banda Api
Country:
Indonesia
Volcano Type:
Caldera
Last Eruption:
1988 CE
Elevation:
596m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
5682
Pop. within 10km:
5682
Pop. within 30km:
5810
Pop. within 100km:
5810
Latitude:
-4.523
Longitude:
129.881
Details
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Volcano Number
Volcano Name
Eruption Number
Activity Type
Explosivity Index Max
Explosivity Index Modifier
Activity Area
Activity Unit
Start Evidence Method
Start Date
End Date
265090
Banda Api
16301
Uncertain Eruption
1614
265090
Banda Api
16395
Confirmed Eruption
3
^
Historical Observations
1586/4/17
265090
Banda Api
16396
Confirmed Eruption
3
Historical Observations
1598
1602
265090
Banda Api
16397
Confirmed Eruption
3
^
Historical Observations
1609
265090
Banda Api
16398
Confirmed Eruption
3
Historical Observations
1615/3/16
1615
265090
Banda Api
16399
Confirmed Eruption
3
^
Historical Observations
1632/12/16
265090
Banda Api
16400
Confirmed Eruption
1
?
Historical Observations
1635/11/18
265090
Banda Api
16401
Confirmed Eruption
3
Historical Observations
1683
265090
Banda Api
16402
Confirmed Eruption
3
^
Historical Observations
1690
1696/5/22
265090
Banda Api
16403
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1712
1712
265090
Banda Api
16404
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1722
265090
Banda Api
16405
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1749
265090
Banda Api
16406
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1762
265090
Banda Api
16407
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1765/4/19
1766
265090
Banda Api
16408
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1773/2/6
265090
Banda Api
16409
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1775
265090
Banda Api
16410
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1778
265090
Banda Api
16411
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1816/10/11
1816
265090
Banda Api
16412
Confirmed Eruption
2
Summit, south and NNW flanks
Historical Observations
1820/6/11
1820/8/8
265090
Banda Api
16413
Confirmed Eruption
2
North side
Historical Observations
1824/4/22
1824/6/28
265090
Banda Api
16414
Confirmed Eruption
1
Historical Observations
1825
1831
265090
Banda Api
16415
Uncertain Eruption
1835
265090
Banda Api
16416
Uncertain Eruption
1855/12/29
1855/12/30
265090
Banda Api
16417
Confirmed Eruption
2
Historical Observations
1890/11/23
1890/11/23
265090
Banda Api
16418
Confirmed Eruption
2
Summit and north flank
Historical Observations
1901/5/18
265090
Banda Api
16419
Uncertain Eruption
1902/3/20
265090
Banda Api
16420
Confirmed Eruption
3
?
Summit, north and south flanks
Historical Observations
1988/5/9
1988/5/17
Emissions Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Emission ID
SO2 Kilotons
Start Date
End Date
128
250
1988/05/09
1988/05/09
Abstract
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Data from the Earthchem Library
Title
Author
Release Date
DOI
Link
Compilation of whole rock geochemistry and petrography of samples from the Banda Arc, Indonesia
Gill, James
2020-03-05
10.26022/IEDA/111499
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Sample ID
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Source
DB
Method
Material
Rock Class
Rock Name
SiO
2
WT%
TiO
2
WT%
Al
2
O
3
WT%
Fe
2
O
3
WT%
Fe
2
O
3
Total
WT%
FeO
WT%
FeO Total
WT%
MnO
WT%
MgO
WT%
CaO
WT%
Na
2
O
WT%
K
2
O
WT%
P
2
O
5
WT%
LOI
WT%
H
2
O
WT%
Total
WT%
Ag
PPM
As
PPM
Ba
PPM
Be
PPM
Bi
PPM
Co
PPM
Cr
PPM
Cs
PPM
Cu
PPM
Dy
PPM
Ga
PPM
ge
PPM
In
PPM
Mo
PPM
Nb
PPM
Ni
PPM
Pb
PPM
Rb
PPM
Sb
PPM
Sc
PPM
Sn
PPM
Sr
PPM
Ti
PPM
U
PPM
V
PPM
W
PPM
Y
PPM
Zn
PPM
Zr
PPM
87
Sr /
86
Sr
RATIO
87
Rb /
86
Sr
RATIO
143
Nd /
144
Nd
RATIO
147
Sm /
144
Nd
RATIO
E Nd
RATIO
206
Pb /
204
Pb
RATIO
207
Pb /
204
Pb
RATIO
208
Pb /
204
Pb
RATIO
208
Pb /
206
Pb
RATIO
176
Hf /
177
Hf
RATIO
176
Lu /
177
Hf
RATIO
187
Re /
188
Os
RATIO
187
Re /
186
Os
RATIO
187
Os /
188
Os
RATIO
187
Os /
186
Os
RATIO
186
Os /
188
Os
RATIO
184
Os /
188
Os
RATIO
10
Be / Be
RATIO
10
Be /
9
Be
RATIO
206
Pb /
207
Pb
RATIO
BDI-2C
DETAILS
ICPAES
Rock
Igneous Felsic Volcanic
Dacite
65.25
1.02
14.43
7.25
0.19
1.54
4.8
4.5
0.81
0.26
100
Data from the SESAR Database
Sorry. No data exist for this volcano in the SESAR database.
Data from the MaGa Database
Sorry. No data exist for this volcano in the MaGa database.