Volcano profile

Cameroon

Oku Volcanic Field.

Volcano profile for Oku Volcanic Field in Cameroon, 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
3,011 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
6.25°, 10.5°
GVP number
224030

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Cameroon

Oku Volcanic Field

Volcanic field

Elevation
3,011 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
6.25°, 10.5°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Western Africa Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
224030
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Oku Volcanic Field · Cameroon

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
21 Aug 198630 Dec 1986—Uncertain eruption
1550Uncertain datingNot available3Uncertain eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

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.

Oku Volcanic Field · No current eruption report · 3,011 m

Nearby places

OkuCameroon · 7.4 km

KumboCameroon · 19.2 km

FundongCameroon · 24.2 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Oct 5, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC