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Manam: eruption history

Elevation1,807 m

TypeStratovolcano

Confirmed eruptions41#2 of 39 in country

Latest eruption2018-06-10

Largest VEI4

Location-4.08, 145.04

Eruptions per century (since 1500)

1500–15990

1600–16992

1700–17991

1800–18995

1900–199923

2000–209910

By VEI

VEI 12

VEI 224

VEI 38

VEI 44

Eruptions (latest first, up to 60)

Start	VEI	End	Area
2018-06-10	4	2026	Southern and Main Craters
2014-06-29	4	2017	Southern and Main craters
2010-08-10	3	2013	South Crater, Main Crater
2004-10-24	4	2009	South Crater, Main Crater
2003-10-26	1	2004	Main Crater
2003-05-17	1	2003	Main Crater
2002-10-31	2	–
2002-01-13	3	2002	South Crater
2001-06-14	2	2001
2000-06-03	2	2000	South Crater
1974-03-04	3	1999	South Crater, Main Crater
1965-07-02	2	1966	South Crater
1963-11-26	2	1964	South Crater
1963-02-15	2	1963	South Crater
1962-04-16	2	–	South Crater
1961-07-16	2	1961	South Crater
1959-12-16	2	1960	Main Crater, South Crater
1959-06-16	2	1959	South Crater
1956-12-08	3	1958	South Crater, Main Crater
1954-05-16	2	1954
1953-04-16	2	1953
1946-12-01	3	1947	South Crater
1936-09-16	3	1939	Main Crater, South Crater
1932-07-02	2	1934
1926-03-16	2	1928
1925-07-02	2	–
1922-07-02	3	–
1920-12-05	2	1921
1919-08-11	4	–	South Crater, Main Crater
1917-07-02	2	–
1909-07-02	2	1914
1904-10-26	3	1904
1904-04-30	–	–
1899-07-02	2	–	Main Crater, South Crater
1887-06-16	2	1895
1885-05-16	–	–
1877-10-29	2	1877	South Crater
1830-07-02	2	–
1700-04-02	–	–	South Crater
1643-04-21	2	–
1616-07-06	2	–

Nearby volcanoes

Volcano	Distance	Eruptions
Bam	57 km	17
Kadovar	72 km	1
Blup Blup	80 km	0
Karkar	122 km	11
Hankow Reef	207 km	0
Long Island	267 km	11
St. Andrew Strait	319 km	4
Titan Ridge	326 km	1

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.