Esmeralda Bank, United States

Submarine volcano · -74 m (-243 ft) · Mariana Is-C Pacific

Esmeralda Bank is a submarine volcano in the United States, -74 m (-243 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Esmeralda Bank on the map

Esmeralda Bank and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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Now

From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 17:12 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Low Threat.

Unassigned / Unassigned USGS, Northern Mariana Islands rates Esmeralda Bank at alert level Unassigned, aviation color code Unassigned.

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The volcano

Type: Submarine volcano
Elevation: -74 m (-243 ft)
Country: United States
Region: Mariana Is-C Pacific
Summit: 14.958° N, 145.249° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Fumarolic
Smithsonian volcano number: 284210

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Esmeralda Bank Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.