February 9, 2018 Eruption of Kadovar
Kadovar in Papua New Guinea erupted on February 9, 2018 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Kadovar, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- February 9, 2018
- Volcano
- Kadovar, stratovolcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Killed by
- Waves or tsunami
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Location
- 3.608° S, 144.588° 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.
The first confirmed historical eruption at Kadovar began around mid-day local time on 5 January, according to witnesses. The island is approximately 1.4 km in diameter with very steep slopes, located about 25 km NNE from the mouth of the Sepik River on the New Guinea mainland. The Rabaul Volcanological Observatory (RVO) warned of potential explosive activity, landslides, and resulting possible tsunamis. RVO reported that on 9 February the lava dome at Kadovar's SE Coastal Vent collapsed, causing 5-6 minor tsunamis, less than 1 m high, observed by residents on Blup Blup's E and W coasts. The waves were reported at 1050, before the main collapse of the dome. In a 12 February report RVO noted that activity from Main Crater consisted of white plumes rising 20 m and drifting a few kilometers SE and weak nighttime crater incandescence.
(all above from reference #2432)
Other significant eruptions of Kadovar
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Every eruption in 2018The 2000sKadovarEarthquakes near KadovarThis 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 7104.