Volcano profile

Solomon Islands

Tinakula.

Volcano profile for Tinakula in Solomon Islands, 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
796 m
Last documented eruption
2024
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-10.386°, 165.804°
GVP number
256010

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No current eruption report

Solomon Islands

Tinakula

Stratovolcano

Elevation
796 m
Last documented eruption
2024
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-10.386°, 165.804°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
GVP
256010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Tinakula · Solomon Islands

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
8 Dec 201831 Dec 20242Confirmed eruption
21 Oct 201726 Oct 20173Confirmed eruption
19 Sep 200829 Nov 20081?Confirmed eruption
11 Feb 20069 Nov 20072Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 2002Not available1?Uncertain eruption
16 Apr 2002Not available1Uncertain eruption
29 Feb 20008 May 20011?Confirmed eruption
16 May 1999Not available1?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1995Not available1?Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 198916 Feb 19901Confirmed eruption
3 Jun 198413 Jun 19852Confirmed eruption
6 Sep 197111 Dec 19712Confirmed eruption
23 Nov 196511 Jun 19663Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 195515 Oct 19552?Uncertain eruption
23 Oct 195127 Nov 19513Confirmed eruption
11 May 1932Not available1Confirmed eruption
1 Mar 19274 Mar 19272Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 1909Not available2Confirmed eruption
26 Mar 1897Not available2?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1886Not available—Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 187119 Sep 18712?Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 1869Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 185516 Aug 18572Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1840Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
1797Not available1?Confirmed eruption
17 Aug 1767Not available2Confirmed eruption
7 Sep 1595Uncertain dating14 Sep 15953^Confirmed eruption
1050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—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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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Tinakula · No current eruption report · 796 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Santa Cruz/Graciosa Bay/Luova AirportSolomon Islands · SCZ · AGGL
    37.2 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC