September 23, 2017 Eruption of Ambae
Ambae in Vanuatu erupted on September 23, 2017 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
Where it erupted
Ambae, Vanuatu, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
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.
The volcano that towers 1500m above Ambae - Manaro Voui - has been rumbling for weeks, but on Saturday it started belching ash and flashes of lava in the middle of the night. Edmund Hoke, a provincial representative, said the volcano was still going and had been destructive. "All the trees they are dead, and crops dead, vegetables - we don't have any more vegetables and so on, and people are coming down to the seashore," he said. Over the past few days, authorities have been evacuating everyone in the north and south of the island to the east and west using whatever resources they have. (reference #11899)
Other significant eruptions of Ambae
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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 6824.