50 Eruption of Ambrym

Name: 50 Eruption of Ambrym
Start: 0050
Location: Ambrym, Vanuatu

50 · VEI 6

Ambrym in Vanuatu erupted in 50 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.

Where it erupted

Ambrym, Vanuatu, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 50
Volcano: Ambrym, pyroclastic shield
Country: Vanuatu
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
Location: 16.250° S, 168.120° 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.

The caldera was formed during a major plinian eruption with dacitic pyroclastic flows about 1900 years ago. Volume of erupted material > 7.0 ± 1.0 x 1010 m3

Other significant eruptions of Ambrym

Every eruption in 50 Years 1 to 99 Ambrym Earthquakes near Ambrym

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 5212.