Volcano profile

Vanuatu

East Epi.

Volcano profile for East Epi in Vanuatu, 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
833 m
Last documented eruption
2023
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-16.6797°, 168.3893°
GVP number
257060

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No current eruption report

Vanuatu

East Epi

Stratovolcano

Elevation
833 m
Last documented eruption
2023
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-16.6797°, 168.3893°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
GVP
257060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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East Epi · Vanuatu

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
31 Jan 202323 Feb 20231Confirmed eruption
16 Feb 200424 Feb 20042Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 200216 Mar 20021?Confirmed eruption
1 Feb 19991 Feb 19991?Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 1988Not available0Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1979Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 197416 Nov 19740Uncertain eruption
5 May 197326 Oct 19730Uncertain eruption
15 May 197225 Jun 19720Uncertain eruption
28 Oct 197115 Nov 19710Uncertain eruption
16 Jul 1960Not available0Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 195816 Nov 19582?Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 1953Not available0Uncertain eruption
12 Feb 195319 Feb 19533Confirmed eruption
22 Jan 1920Not available2Confirmed 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.

East Epi · No current eruption report · 833 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Valesdir AirportVanuatu · VLS · NVSV
    26.0 kmStraight-line distance
  • Lamen Bay AirportVanuatu · LNB · NVSM
    26.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Tongoa AirportVanuatu · TGH · NVST
    29.1 kmStraight-line distance

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

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC