Volcano profile

France

Teahitia.

Volcano profile for Teahitia in France, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Compound volcano
Elevation
-1,743 m
Last documented eruption
1985
Coordinates
-17.564°, -148.821°
GVP number
333010

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No current eruption report

France

Teahitia

Compound volcano

Elevation
-1,743 m
Last documented eruption
1985
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-17.564°, -148.821°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
333010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Teahitia · France

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
10 Jan 198525 Jan 19850Confirmed eruption
18 Dec 198314 Jul 19840Confirmed eruption
12 Jul 198326 Jul 19830Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 198219 May 19820Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Teahitia · No current eruption report · -1,743 m

Radius · 100 km

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Airports

  • Fa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · PPT · NTAA
    83.3 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Sources & data dates

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