Europe's largest and most persistently active volcano, in near-continuous summit activity for decades. Its paroxysms throw ash over Catania and repeatedly close the city's airport; flank fissures threaten the towns built on its slopes.
Erupted since 2000
Stratovolcano · Trachybasalt
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Etna is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Trachybasalt.
Official catalogue parameters, coordinates, elevation and geotectonic classification.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile