350 Eruption of St. Andrew Strait
St. Andrew Strait in Papua New Guinea erupted in 350.
Where it erupted
St. Andrew Strait, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- 350
- Volcano
- St. Andrew Strait, complex volcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Location
- 2.380° S, 147.350° E
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
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.
~0350 AD: Eruption of the Rei tephra about 1600 years ago must have killed many people on the island. Tephra covered all villages. (reference #9675)
-0150 BC: Eruption about 2,100 years ago must have killed many people on the island. Tephra covered all villages. (reference #1412)
Other significant eruptions of St. Andrew Strait
More
Every eruption in 350The 300sSt. Andrew StraitEarthquakes near St. Andrew Strait
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 2069.