Agung
Sunda Volcanic Arc, Indonesia. This page separates the permanent volcano catalogue, historical eruption records, and selective weekly activity reports.
- Coordinates
- 8.34° S, 115.51° E
- Elevation
- 2,997 m
- Last recorded eruption
- 2022 CE
- Historical eruption records
- 7
- Primary type
- Stratovolcano
- Evidence
- Eruption Observed
- GVP database
- 5.4.0
- Catalogue revision
- Revision 2
Volcano profile
- Volcanic landform
- Composite
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Geologic epoch
- Holocene
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Region
- Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions
- Subregion
- Sunda Volcanic Arc
Geological summary
Symmetrical Agung stratovolcano, Bali's highest and most sacred mountain, towers over the eastern end of the island. The volcano, whose name means "Paramount," rises above the SE rim of the Batur caldera, and the northern and southern flanks extend to the coast. The summit area extends 1.5 km E-W, with the high point on the W and a steep-walled 800-m-wide crater on the E. The Pawon cone is located low on the SE flank. Only a few eruptions dating back to the early 19th century have been recorded in historical time. The 1963-64 eruption, one of the largest in the 20th century, produced voluminous ashfall along with devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars that caused extensive damage and many fatalities.
Separate activity dataset
Weekly volcanic activity reports
Smithsonian/USGS weekly reports are selective and preliminary. They are not a comprehensive list of all eruptions or volcanic activity.
No weekly report appears on this page. Absence from the weekly report does not establish an absence of volcanic activity.
Historical catalogue records
Eruption history
Dates can be approximate, incomplete, or BCE. These are historical catalogue observations, not a statement about present activity.
| Start | End | Activity | Confirmation | VEI | Evidence | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-13 CE | 2022-12-13 CE | Uncertain Eruption | Uncertain | 1 | Observations: Seismicity | GVP 22627Database 5.4.0 |
| 2022-04-03 CE | 2022-05-27 CE | Confirmed Eruption | Confirmed | 1 | Observations: Reported | GVP 22626Database 5.4.0 |
| 2017-11-21 CE | 2019-06-13 CE | Confirmed EruptionSummit crater | Confirmed | 3 | Observations: Reported | GVP 22241Database 5.4.0 |
| 1963-02-18 CE | 1964-01-27 CE | Confirmed Eruption | Confirmed | 5 | Observations: Reported | GVP 16210Database 5.4.0 |
| 1843-07-02 CE (day uncertainty +/- 182) | Not supplied | Confirmed Eruption | Confirmed | 5 | Observations: Reported | GVP 16209Database 5.4.0 |
| 1821-03-16 CE | Not supplied | Uncertain Eruption | Uncertain | 2 | Not supplied | GVP 16208Database 5.4.0 |
| 1808-07-02 CE (day uncertainty +/- 182) | Not supplied | Confirmed Eruption | Confirmed | 2 | Observations: Reported | GVP 16207Database 5.4.0 |
Source and attribution
Source: Data: Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, Volcanoes of the World.
View the original Smithsonian GVP recordGlobal Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World 5.4.0.
The GVP database is scientific documentation that changes as evidence is reviewed. Historical dates may be approximate or uncertain. This platform is not an official emergency-warning service.
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- Source updated
- Not supplied
- Retrieved
- 11 Oct 2026, 13:07 UTC
- GVP database version
- 5.4.0
- Catalogue revision
- 2
Source-update and retrieval times describe this catalogue record. Each weekly report carries its own publication date and preliminary status.