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Waste / landfill · 30 Apr 2025

Methane plume detected in Indonesia

On 30 Apr 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 2,103 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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2,103 kg/h
± 1,056 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 50.5 tonnes of methane.

Detected
30 Apr 2025 · 03:03 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 1.1 m/s
Coordinates
-6.56625, 106.64303
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UNEP plume ID
f9a7f060-6ff6-4439-b0ff-2ac0e5336394

Likely operator

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Emitting site

IDN_S_005 · Landfill
2 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume f9a7f060-6ff6-4439-b0ff-2ac0e5336394, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/f9a7f060-6ff6-4439-b0ff-2ac0e5336394), accessed 5 Oct 2026.