March 26, 1897 Eruption of Tinakula
Tinakula in the Solomon Islands erupted on March 26, 1897 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Tinakula, Solomon Islands, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- March 26, 1897
- Volcano
- Tinakula, stratovolcano
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Killed by
- Waves or tsunami
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Location
- 10.386° S, 165.804° E
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1897 Mar 26 ± 5 days. Unknown (stop date). Confirmed. VEI 2. Evidence - Historical Observations. (reference #2432)
Other significant eruptions of Tinakula
More
Every eruption in 1897The 1800sTinakulaEarthquakes near TinakulaThis day in weather history
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. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 6684.