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
Coordinates
-10.386°, 165.804°
GVP number
256010

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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

Latest catalogue records. 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 2008?1Confirmed eruption
11 Feb 20069 Nov 20072Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 2002Not available?1Uncertain eruption
16 Apr 2002Not available1Uncertain eruption
29 Feb 20008 May 2001?1Confirmed eruption
16 May 1999Not available?1Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

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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: 2026-09-21

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC