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Stromboli

Stratovolcano · Italy · 924m

This view of Stromboli shows the NE tip of the island with the Rina Grande valley at the left. The principal historically active vent of Stromboli lies at the head of the Sciarra del Fuoco, a prominent scarp on the opposite side of the island. Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has produced frequent mild explosions throughout much of historical time.
This view of Stromboli shows the NE tip of the island with the Rina Grande valley at the left. The principal historically active vent of Stromboli lies at the head of the Sciarra del Fuoco, a prominent scarp on the opposite side of the island. Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has produced frequent mild explosions throughout much of historical time. · Photo: Photo by Guiseppina Kysar, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Italy
Region
European Volcanic Regions / Aeolian Volcanic Arc
Elevation
924m
Coordinates
38.789, 15.213
Last eruption
2026
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
Geological summary

Spectacular incandescent nighttime explosions at Stromboli have long attracted visitors to the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean" in the NE Aeolian Islands. This volcano has lent its name to the frequent mild explosive activity that has characterized its eruptions throughout much of historical time. The small island is the emergent summit of a volcano that grew in two main eruptive cycles, the last of which formed the western portion of the island. The Neostromboli eruptive period took place between about 13,000 and 5,000 years ago. The active summit vents are located at the head of the Sciara del Fuoco, a prominent scarp that formed about 5,000 years ago due to a series of slope failures which extends to below sea level. The modern volcano has been constructed within this scarp, which funnels pyroclastic ejecta and lava flows to the NW. Essentially continuous mild Strombolian explosions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have been recorded for more than a millennium.

From Wikipedia

Stromboli is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the seven Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily, and the mythological home of Aeolus.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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6050 BCE~5784 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 05784 BCE~5518 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 05252 BCE~4985 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 04985 BCE~4719 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 24719 BCE~4453 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 04453 BCE~4187 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 24187 BCE~3921 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3461 BCE~195 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 2195 BCE~71 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 271~337 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 2337~603 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3869~1136 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21402~1668 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31668~1934 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 36050 BCE4187 BCE2058 BCE195 BCE1668

Detailed timeline

  1. 1934VEI 2Observed
    1934-02-02 – 2026-03-31
    Summit craters and Sciara del Fuoco
  2. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-06-03 – 1932-06-03
  3. 1910VEI 3Observed
    1910-05 – 1931-07
    Summit craters and Sciara del Fuoco
  4. 1890VEI 3Observed
    1890 – 1907-05-29
  5. 1857VEI 3Observed
    1857 – 1889-06-26
    Summit craters and Sciara del Fuoco
  6. 1558VEI 3Observed
    1558 – 1857
    Summit craters and Sciara del Fuoco
  7. 950 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    950 – Ongoing
    Summit area
  8. 550 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Observed
    550 – Ongoing
  9. 250 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    250 – Ongoing
  10. 150 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    150 – Ongoing
  11. 50 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    50 – Ongoing
  12. 50 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    BCE 50 – Ongoing
  13. 210 BCE (±10 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    BCE 210 – Ongoing
  14. 350 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    BCE 350 – Ongoing
  15. 4050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 4050 – Ongoing
  16. 4250 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4250 – Ongoing
    NE flank (Punta Lena lava flow)
  17. 4550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 4550 – Ongoing
    Northern flank (Vallonazzo)
  18. 4800 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    BCE 4800 – Ongoing
    Northern flank
  19. 5050 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 5050 – Ongoing
    Northern flank (Vallonazzo lava flow)
  20. 5550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 5550 – Ongoing
    Northern flank (Labronzo)
  21. 5800 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 5800 – Ongoing
    NE flank (Nel Camnestrà lava flow)
  22. 6050 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 6050 – Ongoing
    Northern flank (Vallonazzo)

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