Volcano profile

Comoros

Karthala.

Volcano profile for Karthala in Comoros, 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
2,350 m
Last documented eruption
2007
Coordinates
-11.7658°, 43.3639°
GVP number
233010

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No current eruption report

Comoros

Karthala

Shield volcano

Elevation
2,350 m
Last documented eruption
2007
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-11.7658°, 43.3639°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Madagascar-Comoros Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
233010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Karthala · Comoros

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
12 Jan 200715 Jan 20072Confirmed eruption
28 May 20063 Jun 20060Confirmed eruption
24 Nov 20058 Dec 20053Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 200518 Apr 2005?2Confirmed eruption
11 Jul 199111 Jul 19912Confirmed eruption
5 Apr 197710 Apr 19771Confirmed eruption
8 Sep 19725 Oct 19721Confirmed eruption
12 Jul 196512 Jul 1965?2Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Karthala · No current eruption report · 2,350 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Prince Said Ibrahim International AirportComoros · HAH · FMCH
    27.7 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

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Nearby places

MoroniComoros · 13.8 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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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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