GVP volcano 333030 · no holder yet
Moua Pihaa
Moua Pihaa is a submarine stratovolcano 312 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1970.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 312 m below sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1970
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1970
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 18.32°S 148.53°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 333030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).