Overview

• Officials reported activity on September 13 and September 20, characterizing both events as minor.
• The volcanic site sits about 140 km by sea from Port Blair at the junction of the Indian and Burmese tectonic plates.
• No one lives on the 8.34 sq km island, and the nearest inhabited areas are Swaraj Dweep (Havelock) and Narcondam, roughly 140–150 km away.
• Authorities identify the site as India’s only active volcano.
• Administrative records cite earlier mild eruptions in 1991, 2005, 2017 and 2022, with the first documented activity in 1787.