3 spots left on Iceland Geo Tour 16-30 July 2022

Photo from La Réunion's eruption

Tue, 10 Feb 2015, 12:25

12:25 PM | BY: T

Piton de la Fournaise eruption 4 Feb 2015 (photo: Piere Choukroun)

Piton de la Fournaise eruption 4 Feb 2015 (photo: Piere Choukroun)

La Réunion-based photographer Pierre Choukroun
sent us this great photo from the first evening of the eruption, showing the typical alignment of active vents along the eruptive fissure.
View the whole gallery.
Visit Pierre's site: www.pierrechoukroun.com

All news about: Piton de la Fournaise volcano
Information about: Piton de la Fournaise volcano

Previous news

Tue, 10 Feb 2015, 10:13

Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): eruption continues quietly

View of the active lava flow at Piton de la Fournaise volcano last night

The eruption continues without major changes. The volcano observatory OVPF reports low, but stable tremor levels. Webcam imagery from last night (before clouds obscure views) show that the eruption is mainly effusive with only weak explosive activity (weak spattering) at the vents. Read all

Thu, 5 Feb 2015, 20:38

Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion) activity update

Lava flow from Piton de la Fournaise this evening

The eruption continues with active lava flow effusion from a row of 7 vents on the upper flank of the Dolomieu crater. ... Read all

Show more

Watch Piton de la Fournaise live

Piton de la Fournaise volcano

Shield volcano 2631 m (8,632 ft)
La Réunion, -21.24°S / 55.71°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Piton de la Fournaise webcams / live data | News/Updates | Earthquakes | Books | Tours

Piton de la Fournaise volcano eruptions:
1900, 1901, 1901, 1902, 1903(?), 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908(?), 1909, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1924, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933-34, 1935(?), 1936, 1937, 1938, 1938-39, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947(?), 1948, 1948(?), 1950, 1951(?), 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955-57, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1964-65, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1973, 1975-76, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983-84, 1985-88, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000 (Feb-March), 2001 (March-April), 2001 (June-July), 2002 (Jan.), 2002 (Nov-Dec), 2003 (May) - 2004 (Jan), 2004 (May), 2004 (Aug-Oct), 2005 (Feb-March), 2005 (Oct), 2005 (Nov), 2005 (Dec)-2006 (Jan), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (Oct), 2010 (Dec), 2014 (June), 2015 (Feb), 2015 (May), 2015 (Aug-Oct), 2016 (May, Sep), 2017 (Jan-Mar), 2018 (Apr, 2x), 2018 (Sep), 2019 (Feb, June, July, Aug, Oct), 2020 (Feb), 2020 (Dec), 2021 (Apr), 2021 (Dec)
Typical eruption style:
Effusive

Lastest nearby quakes

Latest satellite images

Try our free app!

Android | iOS version

More on VolcanoDiscovery

Volcano Webcams

Volcano Webcams

Latest volcano webcam image
Many volcanoes can be observed in real-time using webcams. Look at the latest images collected from our volcano webcam viewer tool.

World Volcano Tour

World Volcano Tour

Round-the-world volcano tour
Have you ever dreamt of travelling around the world? VolcanoDiscovery makes this dream come true.

Quake-O-Meter

Check if seismic activity worldwide or in a specific area has increased or decreased!

Peru
5-16 June 2021

Peru<br />5-16 June 2021

Volcanoes of Peru
Our 12-days itinerary includes some of the most beautiful and interesting sights around Arequipa from "volcanic point of view": La Laguna de Salinas, El Misti, Ubinas, Picchu Picchu, Andagua Valley, Colca Canyon, and currently erupting Sabancaya volcano.

Iceland
30 Jul-16 Aug 2021

Iceland<br>30 Jul-16 Aug 2021

Colors of Iceland
Discover Iceland's fascinating geology and volcanic activity on this relaxed photo and geo tour! Get to see the new volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula from close!

Why is there advertising on this site?

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:

Improved multilanguage support
Tsunami alerts
Faster responsiveness

Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:

Earthquake archive from 1900 onwards
Detailed quake stats
Additional seismic data sources

Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS

Thank you!

Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most texts and images, in particular photographs, on this website are protected by copyright. Further reproduction and use of without authorization is usually not consented. If you are not sure or need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.

Home | Travel | Destinations | Volcanoes | Photos | Earthquakes | About | Glossary | News | Contact | Privacy | Imprint | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU
Follow us: