Volcano profile

Kenya

Menengai.

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

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Shield volcano
Elevation
2,278 m
Last documented eruption
6050 BCE
Coordinates
-0.2°, 36.07°
GVP number
222060

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Kenya

Menengai

Shield volcano

Elevation
2,278 m
Last documented eruption
6050 BCE
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-0.2°, 36.07°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
222060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Menengai · Kenya

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
6050 BCEUncertain datingNot available+6Confirmed eruption
7350 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

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.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Menengai · No current eruption report · 2,278 m

Nearby places

NakuruKenya · 11.9 km

NjoroKenya · 20.1 km

Upper GilgilKenya · 22.6 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

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC