Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Rabaul.

Volcano profile for Rabaul 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
Caldera
Elevation
688 m
Last documented eruption
2014
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 3 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-4.2459°, 152.1937°
GVP number
252140

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No current eruption report

Papua New Guinea

Rabaul

Caldera

Elevation
688 m
Last documented eruption
2014
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-4.2459°, 152.1937°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
252140
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Rabaul · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
7 Jul 201418 Sep 20143Confirmed eruption
19 Jan 201311 Mar 20142Confirmed eruption
29 Mar 201112 Aug 20112Confirmed eruption
23 Jul 201025 Jul 20101?Confirmed eruption
11 Aug 200631 Jan 20104?Confirmed eruption
25 Jan 200517 Feb 20062Confirmed eruption
6 Oct 200217 Feb 20042Confirmed eruption
28 Nov 19955 Sep 20012Confirmed eruption
19 Sep 199416 Apr 19954?Confirmed eruption
24 Nov 194323 Dec 19432Confirmed eruption
6 Jun 194131 Mar 19422Confirmed eruption
4 Feb 194018 May 19401Confirmed eruption
29 May 19372 Jun 19374?Confirmed eruption
30 Jan 187826 Feb 18783Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1850Uncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
22 May 1791Not available2?Confirmed eruption
10 Sep 1767Not available2Confirmed eruption
1450Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
683Uncertain datingNot available6Confirmed 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.

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

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Rabaul · No current eruption report · 688 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Tokua AirportPapua New Guinea · RAB · AYTK
    23.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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Nearby places

KokopoPapua New Guinea · 13.6 km

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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