Volcano in Tonga
Unnamed volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Unnamed is being reported right now Last eruption: 1900–1963 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Unnamed: 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
- 1900–1963
- Elevation
- 0 m 0 ft
- Type
- Not Volcanic
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Suva 731 km WNW
Is Unnamed erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Unnamed right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1900–1963. 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 Unnamed
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Unnamed 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 Unnamed
Unnamed is a not volcanic in Tonga-SW Pacific, Tonga, rising to 0 m (0 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Suva, 731 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Auckland, 2013 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 Tonga
Tonga has 15 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now. The closest other one is Unnamed, 33 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots).