GVP volcano 243091 · no holder yet
Tofua Arc at 18.3°S
Tofua Arc at 18.3°S is a submarine stratovolcano 40 m under the Pacific, erupting as recently as 2019.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 40 m below sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2019
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2019
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 18.32°S 174.37°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Tofua Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243091
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).