Country

Vanuatu

Vanuatu on the map: 12 Holocene volcanoes and 224 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
12
Confirmed eruptions
147
Continuing eruptions
2
Highest volcano
Ambae 1,496 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
224
Strongest
M 8.1 1920
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Ambrym Shield volcanoes 1,334 m 58 2024
Lopevi Stratovolcanoes 1,413 m 30 2007
Gaua Stratovolcanoes 729 m 18 2022
Ambae continuing Shield volcanoes 1,496 m 12 2026
Kuwae Calderas −2 m 12 1974
East Epi Stratovolcanoes 833 m 9 2023
Suretamatai Complex volcanoes 921 m 3 1966
Yasur continuing Stratovolcanoes 361 m 3 2026
Gemini-Oscostar Stratovolcanoes −33 m 1 1996
Traitor's Head Stratovolcanoes 817 m 1 1881
Motlav Stratovolcanoes 411 m 0 —
Nguna-Emau Stratovolcanoes 589 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 8.1 · Vanuatu 20 September 1920 · 25 km
  2. M 7.9 · 99 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 2 December 1950 · 30 km
  3. M 7.8 · 28 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu 16 June 1910 · 100 km
  4. M 7.8 · 186 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu 17 December 1957 · 124 km
  5. M 7.8 · 196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 7 October 2009 · 35 km
  6. M 7.7 · 45 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 20 May 1965 · 50 km
  7. M 7.7 · 171 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu 21 April 1997 · 33 km
  8. M 7.7 · 148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 7 October 2009 · 45 km
  9. M 7.6 · 63 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu 14 October 1913 · 125 km
  10. M 7.6 · 31 km S of Luganville, Vanuatu 11 August 1965 · 48 km
  11. M 7.5 · 81 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 28 December 1973 · 26 km
  12. M 7.5 · 92 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu 26 November 1999 · 33 km
  13. M 7.4 · 47 km WSW of Norsup, Vanuatu 9 November 1910 · 20 km
  14. M 7.4 · 43 km W of Norsup, Vanuatu 13 August 1965 · 30 km
  15. M 7.4 · 47 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu 11 October 1992 · 129 km
  16. M 7.4 · 143 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 7 October 2009 · 31 km
  17. M 7.3 · 207 km E of Sola, Vanuatu 19 February 1905 · 15 km
  18. M 7.3 · 63 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 23 July 1961 · 25 km
  19. M 7.3 · 97 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 22 November 1911 · 200 km
  20. M 7.3 · 79 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu 6 August 1912 · 165 km
  21. M 7.3 · 44 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu 5 January 1915 · 170 km
  22. M 7.3 · 146 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 6 February 1999 · 90 km
  23. M 7.3 · 71 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu 9 April 2008 · 33 km
  24. M 7.3 · 33 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 10 August 2010 · 25 km
  25. M 7.3 · 141 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu 25 December 2010 · 16 km
  26. M 7.3 · Vanuatu region 2 October 2021 · 527 km
  27. M 7.3 · 24 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 17 December 2024 · 54 km
  28. M 7.3 · 51 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu 30 March 2026 · 121 km
  29. M 7.2 · 47 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu 24 November 1944 · 165 km
  30. M 7.2 · 62 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu 2 July 1953 · 236 km
  31. M 7.2 · 21 km WNW of Luganville, Vanuatu 11 August 1965 · 18 km
  32. M 7.2 · 20 km WSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 29 December 1973 · 47 km
  33. M 7.2 · 70 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 10 January 1974 · 34 km
  34. M 7.2 · 37 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu 27 July 1990 · 126 km
  35. M 7.2 · 58 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu 13 July 1994 · 33 km
  36. M 7.2 · 50 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 2 January 2002 · 21 km
  37. M 7.2 · 56 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu 1 August 2007 · 120 km
  38. M 7.2 · 100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu 27 May 2010 · 31 km
  39. M 7.2 · 71 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 20 August 2011 · 32 km
  40. M 7.2 · 56 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 26 November 1910 · 35 km
  41. M 7.2 · 113 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 22 March 1925 · 35 km
  42. M 7.2 · 54 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu 9 July 1964 · 130 km
  43. M 7.1 · 146 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 4 November 1953 · 35 km
  44. M 7.1 · 157 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu 11 October 1907 · 15 km
  45. M 7.1 · 175 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu 30 March 1910 · 100 km
  46. M 7.1 · 36 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 19 January 1969 · 113 km
  47. M 7.1 · 112 km W of Sola, Vanuatu 21 December 1985 · 43 km
  48. M 7.1 · 210 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu 15 January 1986 · 150 km
  49. M 7.1 · 69 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 5 March 1990 · 21 km
  50. M 7.1 · 19 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu 12 August 1990 · 140 km
  51. M 7.1 · Vanuatu region 25 February 2000 · 33 km
  52. M 7.1 · 16 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 9 January 2001 · 103 km
  53. M 7.1 · 119 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu 25 March 2007 · 34 km
  54. M 7.1 · 64 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 20 August 2011 · 28 km
  55. M 7.1 · 125 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 2 February 2012 · 23 km
  56. M 7.1 · 31 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 20 October 2015 · 135 km
  57. M 7.1 · 118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu 7 December 2023 · 48 km
  58. M 7.1 · 84 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 24 January 1927 · 30 km
  59. M 7.1 · Vanuatu region 29 June 1928 · 15 km
  60. M 7.1 · 38 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu 5 January 1946 · 35 km

Showing the 60 strongest of 224. All of them are on the main map.