Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Ritter Island.

Volcano profile for Ritter Island in Papua New Guinea, 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
75 m
Last documented eruption
2007
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-5.519°, 148.115°
GVP number
251070

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No current eruption report

Papua New Guinea

Ritter Island

Stratovolcano

Elevation
75 m
Last documented eruption
2007
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-5.519°, 148.115°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
251070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ritter Island · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
19 May 200721 May 20071?Confirmed eruption
17 Oct 200617 Oct 20061?Confirmed eruption
2 Aug 20022 Aug 20022?Uncertain eruption
17 Oct 197417 Oct 19741Confirmed eruption
9 Oct 19729 Oct 19721Confirmed eruption
13 Mar 188813 Mar 18882?Confirmed eruption
2 Feb 18875 Feb 18872Confirmed eruption
13 Jan 1885Not available—Uncertain eruption
31 Dec 1878Not available—Uncertain eruption
13 Apr 184810 Jul 1848—Uncertain eruption
29 Jun 1793Not available2Confirmed eruption
3 Apr 17006 Apr 17003^Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

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

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Ritter Island · No current eruption report · 75 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC