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Anatahan: eruption history

Elevation790 m

TypeStratovolcano

Confirmed eruptions4#49 of 165 in country

Latest eruption2007-11-27

Largest VEI3

Location16.35, 145.67

Eruptions per century (since 1500)

1500–15990

1600–16990

1700–17990

1800–18990

1900–19990

2000–20994

By VEI

VEI 22

VEI 32

Eruptions (latest first, up to 60)

Start	VEI	End	Area
2007-11-27	2	2008
2006-03-20	2	2006	East Crater
2004-04-12	3	2005	East Crater
2003-05-10	3	2003	East Crater

Nearby volcanoes

Volcano	Distance	Eruptions
South Sarigan Seamount	28 km	1
Sarigan	41 km	0
East Diamante	47 km	0
Zealandia Bank	62 km	0
Ruby	83 km	3
Guguan	109 km	1
Alamagan	140 km	2
Esmeralda Bank	161 km	0

Eruption records from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; older eruptions may be missing. VEI = Volcanic Explosivity Index (0–8). For current alerts, check the official agency.