Tutuila, American Samoa

Tuff cone · 653 m (2,142 ft) · Samoa-SW Pacific

Tutuila is a tuff cone in American Samoa, 653 m (2,142 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tutuila on the map

Tutuila 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 01:06 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Low Threat.

Normal / Green Hawaiian Volcano Observatory rates Tutuila at alert level Normal, aviation color code Green, since 2026-09-03 18:56 UTC.

HVO Tutuila Island GREEN/NORMAL - No activity of concern for Tutuila Island

The latest notice The observatory’s page

The volcano

Type: Tuff cone
Elevation: 653 m (2,142 ft)
Country: American Samoa
Region: Samoa-SW Pacific
Summit: 14.290° S, 170.702° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 244020

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 Tutuila Ash advisories and webcams 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.