Lush tropical volcanic crater lake in Sumatra, Indonesia
Photo:Guillaume Marques

Sumatra Subduction & Fault

The Indo-Australian plate subducts obliquely beneath the Sunda block, driving both the 2004 Indian Ocean megathrust (Mw 9.1) on the subduction zone and high slip-rate right-lateral shearing along the 1,900 km Great Sumatran Fault.

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Subduction Zone

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Major plate boundary with high strain accumulation

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Regional Volcanism & Monitored Vents

Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Sumatra Subduction & Fault) · 17

2026
Marapi
Complex volcano
2.9 km
2025
Dempo
Stratovolcano
3.1 km
2024
Kerinci
Stratovolcano
3.8 km
2024
Suoh
Caldera
1 km
2021
Sinabung
Stratovolcano
2.5 km
2007
Talang
Stratovolcano
2.6 km
2000
Peuet Sague
Complex volcano
2.8 km
2000
Kaba
Stratovolcano
2.0 km
1986
Sorikmarapi
Stratovolcano
2.1 km
1937
Telong, Bur ni
Stratovolcano
2.6 km
1924
Tandikat-Singgalang
Stratovolcano
2.9 km
1921
Sumbing
Stratovolcano
2.5 km
1881
Singkut
Caldera
2.2 km
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Malintang
Stratovolcano
2.0 km
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Talakmau
Complex volcano
2.9 km
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Patah
Stratovolcano (?)
2.8 km
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Ranau
Caldera
1.9 km
Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Volcanoes of the World