Roccamonfina Volcano
Updated: Nov 28, 2025 01:30 GMT -
Stratovolcano
Italy, 41.3°N / 13.93°E 
Summit height: 1066 m / 3497 ft
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Roccamonfina volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Date and Time | Mag / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 08:30 pm (Universal Time) | 1.5 10.5 km | 26 km (16 mi) to the NE | Provincia di Caserta, Campania, 15 km southwest of Isernia, Italy | Info | |
| Friday, November 14, 2025 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Nov 14, 06:34 pm (Universal Time) | 1.9 16 km | 12 km (7.2 mi) to the N | Provincia di Caserta, Campania, 10.8 km southeast of Cassino, Italy | Info | |
Background
Roccamonfina is a large Pleistocene stratovolcano with numerous post-caldera cones within the summit caldera and on the flanks. The eruptive history consists of three main phases. The first stage built the main cone via lava flows and pyroclastics. The second stage is defined by large explosive eruptions, tuff deposits, and caldera collapse. The third stage formed the lava flows, domes, and scoria cones that exist on the volcanic edifice today. A report of a historical eruption in 269 BCE ("a flame shot up and burned for three days near Cales" (Stothers and Rampino, 1983)) is considered uncertain by Scandone and Principe (1986), who noted that the youngest products have been dated at 0.30 million years. Later work (Rouchon et al., 2008) dated summit caldera lava domes at 170-150,000 years ago. Peccerillo (2005) gives an age range of 0.58-0.1 Ma for Roccamonfina activity.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Latest satellite images
Roccamonfina Volcano Maps
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (world scale)
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Roccamonfina volcano (scale of few kilometers)
