Vulcano volcano
Stratovolcano 500 m
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 20 Oct 2015 (View of La Fossa crater in the morning)
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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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(?)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Fri, 18 Jun 2021 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | ||||
| 18 Jun 2021 11:38:09 GMT | 1.2 6.2 km | 34 km (21 mi) Italy: 1 Km W Terme Vigliatore (ME) | ||
| 18 Jun 2021 06:48:30 GMT | 1.1 6.6 km | 27 km (17 mi) Italy: Costa Siciliana Nord-orientale (Messina) | ||
| Thu, 17 Jun 2021 (GMT) (3 earthquakes) | ||||
| 17 Jun 2021 08:23:49 GMT | 1.0 10.1 km | 28 km (17 mi) Italy: Costa Siciliana Nord-orientale (Messina) | ||
| 17 Jun 2021 05:34:38 GMT | 2.0 9.2 km | 27 km (17 mi) Tyrrhenian Sea, 12 km west of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy | ||
| 17 Jun 2021 04:31:14 GMT | 2.3 10.6 km | 27 km (17 mi) Tyrrhenian Sea, 11 km west of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy | ||
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
On the crater rim of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano Island (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Our group on Vulcano Island (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The sun is out again - on our hotel on Vulcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Night on the beach of Porto di Ponente (Vulcano) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
