Merapi Volcano (Indonesia) activity update Aug 27, 2025 – Continuing eruption

Published: 27 August 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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<!–div style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;border:3px solid blue;border-radius:5px;padding:3px;margin:5px;background:#eee"><a href="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/volcano-report.php?volcanoId=37" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Share a volcano (activity) report, submit a photo or other interesting news!” onclick=”window.open(this.href,’Volcano Report’,’status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=500,width=450′);return false”>Send Volcano Report</div–> Stratovolcano 2968 m / 9,737 ft
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.54°S / 110.44°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Merapi volcano eruptions:
1548, 1554, 1560, 1584, 1586(?), 1587, 1658, 1663, 1672, 1678, 1745, 1752, 1755, 1768, 1791, 1797, 1807, 1810, 1812-22, 1822-23, 1828, 1832-36, 1837-38, 1840, 1846, 1848(?), 1849, 1854(?), 1861, 1862-64, 1865-71, 1872 (large vulcanian-subplinian eruption VEI:4) , 1872-73, 1878-79, 1883-84, 1885-87, 1888, 1889, 1891-92, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1902-04, 1905, 1906-07, 1908, 1909-13, 1915, 1918, 1920-21, 1922, 1923(?), 1924, 1930-31, 1932, 1933-35, 1939-40, 1942-45, 1948, 1953-58, 1961, 1967-1970, 1971(?), 1972-85, 1986-90, 1992-2002, April-July 2006, Oct 2010-2011 Feb, 2018 (May), late 2018 – 2020, Dec 2020 – ongoing
Typical eruption style
Highly explosive. Large Plinian eruption every few 1000 of

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World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Published: 27 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 14:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 27 Aug 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 10 quakes 5.0+, 43 quakes 4.0+, 142 quakes 3.0+, 318 quakes 2.0+ (514 total)
In the past 24 hours, seismic activity worldwide has remained moderately active. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia occurred approximately 98 km east of Severo-Kuril’sk. The tremor was felt by an estimated 6,000 people, causing light shaking but no damage. The region continues to experienced heightened seismicity due to frequent aftershocks following the M8.8 earthquake on July 29, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Caspian Sea region in Russia experienced a magnitude 5.4 earthquake near the coast of Dagestan. Reports on damage or casualties are currently limited, but the event has been carefully logged by our monitoring system.
In Taiwan, a potential seismic event was reported near Neihu on August 27, 2025. This is currently unverified, and authorities are awaiting further information.
Seismic activity in the United States has been minor. In South Carolina, two small earthquakes were recorded near Coronaca, measuring 2.1 and 1.7 in magnitude, with no reported damage or injuries (volcanodiscovery.com, wpde.com). Additionally, a magnitude 3.5 tremor was recorded near Potosí, Bolivia, without causing harm.
According to our monitoring system, today’s global seismicity has been dominated by moderate quakes, with the Kamchatka Peninsula event being

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Sangay Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS OBS to 22000 ft (6700 m)

Published: 27 August 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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