2040 BC Eruption of Long Island
Long Island in Papua New Guinea erupted in 2040 BC with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.
Where it erupted
Long Island, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- 2040 BC
- Volcano
- Long Island, complex volcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
- Location
- 5.358° S, 147.120° 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.
Very large eruption approximately 2040 BC +/ 100 years. Generated tephra volume > 1.1 x 1010 m3
Other significant eruptions of Long Island
More
Every eruption in 2040 BCThe 2000s BCLong IslandEarthquakes near Long Island
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 5205.