Vulcano Volcano
Updated: 24 apr. 2024 15:51 GMT -
Stratovolcano 500 m
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)
Last update: 22 dic 2021
View of the crater of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano Island.
Vulcano, named after the Roman god of Fire, is the southernmost of the Eolian Islands north of Sicily, Italy. Vulcano has an active volcano (also called the Fossa) that has had frequent eruptions documented since Ancient times.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Vulcano: Frequent eruptions since Ancient and Medieval times; during the last 300 years eruptions in 1727, 1731, 1771, 1775(?), 1780, 1786(?), 1812(?), 1822(?), 1831(?), 1873, 1886, 1888, 1892(?)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
16 apr 21:19 (Rome) | 2.2 12 km | 11 km a nord est | Italy: Isole Eolie (Messina) | Info | |
16 apr 08:00 (Rome) | 2.0 12 km | 12 km a nord est | Italy: Isole Eolie (Messina) | Info |
Background
Vulcano was constructed during six volcanic stages during the past 136,000 years. Two overlapping calderas, the 2.5-km-wide Caldera del Piano on the SE and the 4-km-wide Caldera della Fossa on the NW, were formed at about 100,000 and 24,000-15,000 years ago, respectively, and volcanism has migrated to the north over time.La Fossa cone, active throughout the Holocene and the location of most of the historical eruptions of Vulcano, occupies the 3-km-wide Caldera della Fossa at the NW end of the elongated, 3 x 7 km island. The Vulcanello lava platform forms a low, roughly circular peninsula on the northern tip of Vulcano that was formed as an island beginning in 183 BC and was connected to Vulcano in about 1550 AD. Vulcanello is capped by three pyroclastic cones and was active intermittently until the 16th century. The latest eruption from Vulcano consisted of explosive activity from the Fossa cone from 1898 to 1900. Source: Smithsonian GVP
Vulcano Volcano Photos
Depositi di zolfo e la fuoriuscita di gas da fumarole sul bordo del cratere La Fossa del Vulcano vulcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Veduta aerea dell'isola di Vulcano. La parte sinistra più vecchia dell'isola è una caldera più antica - i resti di uno stratovulcano sezionato, la parte destra è una cald...
Sullo sfondo i vulcani di Salina, Monte dei Porri e Monte Fossa delle Felci, contro l'avvicinarsi del fronte temporalesco. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Vista panoramica su Vulcano e Vulcanello in primo piano, Salina, Lipari, Panarea (vicino all'arcobaleno) e sullo sfondo lontano, Stromboli. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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