Vulcano volcano
Stratovolcano 500 m
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Last update: 20 Oct 2015 (View of La Fossa crater in the morning)
Typical eruption style: explosive (vulcanian) eruptions
Vulcano volcano eruptions: 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(?)
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Typical eruption style: explosive (vulcanian) eruptions
Vulcano volcano eruptions: 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(?)
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
| Tue, 23 May | |||
| Tue, 23 May 17:23 UTC | M 1.2 / 10.6 km | 29 km | Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina) |
| Mon, 22 May | |||
| Mon, 22 May 08:30 UTC | M 1.5 / 8 km | 35 km | Messina |
| Fri, 19 May | |||
| Fri, 19 May 07:49 UTC | M 1.5 / 49.8 km | 33 km | Messina |
| Thu, 18 May | |||
| Thu, 18 May 06:13 UTC | M 1.2 / 9.2 km | 17 km | Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina) |
| Mon, 15 May | |||
| Mon, 15 May 10:54 UTC | M 0.8 / 12.2 km | 20 km | 10.1 km E from Capo Calavà (ME) |
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 Photos:
Aerial view of Vulcano Island. The left older part of the island is an older caldera - the remnant of a dissected stratovolcano, the right part is a younger caldera where... |
Salina's volcanoes Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci in the background against the approaching storm front. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
Panorama view over Vulcano and Vulcanello in the foreground, Salina, Lipari, Panarea (near the rainbow) and in the distant background, Stromboli. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
Sulphur crusted breadcrust bomb on the rim of Fossa volcano's crater, Vulcano Island (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
View across Lentia hill to the storm front, where some rather worrying action takes place... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
A large water spout has formed in the storm front. We have little time before it will get really wet and windy here! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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 La Fossa cone, Vulcano island, seen from the sea | |  Large breadcrust bomb at the crater rim of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano - Eolian Islands (Italy) | |  Beneficial effects of volcanic mud, Vulcano island (Italy) |
