No latest activity reported for Moti.

Below is a summary of eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).

The following references are the sources used for data regarding this volcano. References are linked directly to our volcano data file. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title. Additional discussion of data sources can be found under Volcano Data Criteria.

Apandi T, Sudana D, 1980. Geologic map of the Ternate quadrangle, north Maluku. {Geol Res Devel Centre Indonesia}, 1:250,000 scale map and 9 p text

Morris J D, Jezek P A, Hart S R, Gill J B, 1983. The Halmahera Island arc, Molucca Sea collision zone, Indonesia: a geochemical survey. {In}: Hayes D E (ed) The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asia Seas and Islands, part 2, {Amer Geophys Union, Geophys Monogr}, 27: 373-387

Neumann van Padang M, 1951. Indonesia. {Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World and Solfatara Fields}, Rome: IAVCEI, 1: 1-271

The 5-km-wide island of Moti, also known as Motir, is part of a roughly N-S-trending chain of islands off the western coast of Halmahera Island. Moti is located north of Makian volcano and south of Mare and Tidore islands and is surrounded by coral reefs. The truncated, conical island rises to 950 m and contains a crater on its SSW side. Moti was mapped as Holocene in age by Apandi and Sudana (1980). An insignificant eruption was reported in 1774 or shorter before, but Gogarten (1918) indicated that this event was confused with the October 1773 eruption of nearby Gamalama volcano, which could have dropped ash on Moti.