Volcano profile

Ethiopia

Melkassa.

Volcano profile for Melkassa in Ethiopia, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Volcanic field
Elevation
1,765 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
8.43°, 39.35°
GVP number
221222

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No current eruption report

Ethiopia

Melkassa

Volcanic field

Elevation
1,765 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
8.43°, 39.35°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
221222
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Melkassa · Ethiopia

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

No eruption history is available for this volcano in the included dataset.

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

Nearby earthquakes ↗

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Melkassa · No current eruption report · 1,765 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Addis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · ADD · HAAB
    85.9 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

WenjīEthiopia · 7.7 km

WonjiEthiopia · 14.8 km

NazrētEthiopia · 16.2 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC