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Volcano Dossier•GVP #211040
38.79°N, 15.21°E
Erupted since 2000
Italy→

Volcano Stromboli

The 'Lighthouse of the Mediterranean' has thrown glowing scoria from its summit craters every few minutes for at least two thousand years and gave its name to Strombolian eruptions. Rarer paroxysms, as in summer 2019, send pyroclastic flows down the Sciara del Fuoco into the sea.

Last eruption

2026

Erupted since 2000

Summit

0.9 km

Stratovolcano · Trachyandesite

Activity

Normal Baseline

0 events (1.0x rate)

Interactive Volcano & Seismicity Map

Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.

Recent seismicity within 50 km

0 events in the last 12 h within 25 km of the crater.

TimeMagnitudeEpicenter / PlaceDistance
3h agoM3.0Isole Eolie (Messina)35 km
1d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km
2d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]24 km
4d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]36 km
6d agoM2.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]46 km
11d agoM2.9Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]39 km
12d agoM2.5Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]38 km
13d agoM1.9Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]26 km
13d agoM2.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]44 km
15d agoM2.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]34 km
15d agoM2.7Isole Eolie (Messina)5.8 km
16d agoM1.5Isole Eolie (Messina)44 km
16d agoM1.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]41 km
16d agoM1.9Isole Eolie (Messina)43 km
16d agoM1.8Isole Eolie (Messina)40 km
19d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]42 km
21d agoM1.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km
22d agoM2.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]38 km
23d agoM1.7Costa Calabra sud-occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)48 km
24d agoM2.5Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
24d agoM2.5Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
24d agoM2.6Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km
24d agoM2.6Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km
26d agoM2.4Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)44 km
26d agoM2.4Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)44 km
26d agoM2.4Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)44 km
27d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]34 km
27d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]34 km
27d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]34 km
27d agoM2.5Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)48 km
27d agoM2.5Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)48 km
27d agoM2.5Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)48 km
28d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]37 km
28d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]37 km
29d agoM2.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]23 km
29d agoM2.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]23 km
29d agoM2.8Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]23 km
30d agoM2.3Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)49 km
30d agoM2.3Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)49 km
30d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]44 km
33d agoM2.1Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]45 km
34d agoM2.6Isole Eolie (Messina)12 km
36d agoM1.9Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
36d agoM1.9Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
38d agoM4.0Isole Eolie (Messina)30 km
40d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]33 km
43d agoM1.7Isole Eolie (Messina)47 km
47d agoM2.7Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]36 km
48d agoM2.2SICILY, ITALY (INGV)47 km
52d agoM2.1SICILY, ITALY (INGV)29 km
56d agoM2.1SICILY, ITALY (INGV)42 km
58d agoM3.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]24 km
64d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]38 km
64d agoM2.1Isole Eolie (Messina)41 km
68d agoM2.1Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km
69d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
69d agoM2.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]29 km
69d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]32 km
69d agoM2.2Isole Eolie (Messina)32 km
69d agoM2.1Costa Siciliana nord-orientale (Messina)45 km
72d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]36 km
73d agoM2.2Costa Calabra sud-occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)41 km
75d agoM2.1Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]29 km
75d agoM2.3Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]18 km
79d agoM2.0Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]33 km
83d agoM2.4Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]35 km
84d agoM2.2Tirreno Meridionale [Mare]40 km

Geological & Tectonic Profile

Stratovolcano

Stromboli is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Trachyandesite.

Edifice TypeStratovolcano
Major rockTrachyandesite
TectonicsSubduction zone
Volcanic ArcAeolian Volcanic Arc

Volcano Dossier

VN #211040

Official catalogue parameters, coordinates, elevation and geotectonic classification.

CountryItaly
Crater Coordinates38.789°, 15.213°
Summit0.9 km
SubregionAeolian Volcanic Arc
Catalog SourceSmithsonian GVP (#211040)

Authoritative Monitoring Infrastructure

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Seismic ObservatoryINGV
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Official Portal
ICAO Aviation Ash Center
Toulouse VAAC (Météo-France)
Toulouse, France
VAAC Advisory Desk
Swarm telemetry correlated across 18 networks against a 30-day baseline.Read Science & Physics →
Regional Seismic Profile

Sicily, Calabria & Campi Flegrei

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The most recent eruption of Stromboli recorded by the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program was in 2026.

Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile