Overview

• Officials confirmed low-intensity eruptions on September 13 and September 20 at the uninhabited Barren Island, India’s only active volcano.
• An Indian Navy warship recorded video of the activity, which authorities have shared publicly to document the event.
• National Centre for Seismology director O P Mishra said shaking from a September 18 earthquake likely disturbed the magma chamber and triggered the later burst.
• The National Centre for Seismology and Geological Survey of India are analyzing imagery and seismic data as the Navy and Coast Guard maintain maritime advisories.
• There are no reports of damage or casualties, and the site sits about 140 km from Port Blair on the Andaman–Nicobar subduction arc with a history of intermittent eruptions in 1787, 1991, 2005, 2017 and 2022.