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Tanzania

Lengai, Ol Doinyo.

Volcano profile for Lengai, Ol Doinyo in Tanzania, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,962 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Coordinates
-2.764°, 35.914°
GVP number
222120

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Tanzania

Lengai, Ol Doinyo

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,962 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-2.764°, 35.914°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
222120
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Lengai, Ol Doinyo · Tanzania

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
9 Apr 2017Uncertain dating31 Mar 20260Confirmed eruption
21 Sep 201613 Oct 20160Confirmed eruption
20 Jun 201524 Aug 20150Confirmed eruption
22 Jun 2011Uncertain dating15 Jul 20140Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 20079 Oct 20103Confirmed eruption
18 Sep 199416 Jul 20061Confirmed eruption
1 Jan 198324 Sep 19932Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 1969Not available—Uncertain eruption

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

Nearby earthquakes

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Lengai, Ol Doinyo · No current eruption report · 2,962 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC