Anatahan, United States
Anatahan is a stratovolcano in the United States, 790 m (2,592 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.
Anatahan on the map
Anatahan and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.
- Since 1964
- 1900 to 1963
- 1800s
- AD 1 to 1799
- Before AD 1, or undated
Now
From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 15:32 UTC. USGS threat ranking: High Threat.
Unassigned / Unassigned USGS, Northern Mariana Islands rates Anatahan at alert level Unassigned, aviation color code Unassigned, since 2017-12-16 00:52 UTC.
NMI Anatahan UNASSIGNED/UNASSIGNED - Anatahan has been moved to unassigned.
The volcano
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 790 m (2,592 ft)
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Mariana Is-C Pacific
- Summit
- 16.350° N, 145.670° E
- Last known eruption
- Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
- Holocene activity known from
- Holocene
- Smithsonian volcano number
- 284200
Significant eruptions
NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.
None on record.
Around it
The volcanoes within 300 km.
Earthquakes near AnatahanVolcanic ash advisories on the live map
Sources
Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.