Volcano profile

France

Soufriere Guadeloupe.

Volcano profile for Soufriere Guadeloupe 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,467 m
Last documented eruption
1977
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
16.044°, -61.664°
GVP number
360060

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No current eruption report

France

Soufriere Guadeloupe

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,467 m
Last documented eruption
1977
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
16.044°, -61.664°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
360060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Soufriere Guadeloupe · France

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
8 Jul 19761 Mar 19772Confirmed eruption
19 Oct 195627 Oct 19561Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1903Not available2Uncertain eruption
3 Dec 183612 Feb 18372Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 181210 May 18121Confirmed eruption
29 Sep 179726 Apr 17982Confirmed eruption
Apr 1696Not available1Uncertain eruption
5 Apr 1690Not available1Confirmed eruption
1530Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
370Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
580 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
820 BCEUncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
980 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1310 BCEUncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
1810 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Uncertain eruption
3310 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7490 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.

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

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Soufriere Guadeloupe · No current eruption report · 1,467 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Basse-Terre Baillif AirportGuadeloupe · BBR · TFFB
    9.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Maryse Condé International AirportGuadeloupe · PTP · TFFR
    28.3 kmStraight-line distance
  • Marie-Galante AirportGuadeloupe · GBJ · TFFM
    46.4 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Nearby places

Basse-TerreGuadeloupe · 9.0 km

Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe · 10.7 km

Petit-BourgGuadeloupe · 18.2 km

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

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Sources & data dates

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