Volcano in Vanuatu
Kuwae volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Kuwae is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later; last significant eruption 1958 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Kuwae: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later last significant: 1958
- Elevation
- -2 m -7 ft
- Type
- Caldera
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Suva 1060 km E
Is Kuwae erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Kuwae right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in 1958. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Kuwae
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Kuwae in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Kuwae
Kuwae is a caldera in Vanuatu-SW Pacific, Vanuatu, rising to -2 m (-7 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
A caldera is a large collapse depression left after a major eruption; activity can range from small steam blasts to rare, very large eruptions.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Suva, 1060 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Brisbane, 1971 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Vanuatu
Vanuatu has 9 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 1 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is East Epi, 22 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.