1951 Eruption of Kavachi

Name: 1951 Eruption of Kavachi
Start: 1951
Location: Kavachi, Solomon Islands

1951 · VEI 2

Kavachi in the Solomon Islands erupted in 1951 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Kavachi, Solomon Islands.

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The eruption

Date: 1951
Volcano: Kavachi, submarine volcano
Country: Solomon Islands
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Location: 8.991° S, 157.979° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

In late 1951 small tsunamis occurred frequently from the submarine volcano Kavachi. Ref #3482 discusses date as possibly Dec 22, 1951. Other references refer to eruption and tsunamis as the "late in 1951".

Every eruption in 1951 The 1900s Kavachi Earthquakes near Kavachi

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 2208.