volcano number: 0101-04= (according to Volcanoes of the World, 1994 edition)
summit elevation: 924 m (or 926 m)
location: 38.789°N, 15.213°E
Typical Strombolian activity from a small spatter cone formed within the northeasternmost of Stromboli's three craters, early morning of 22 August 1994.
Stromboli is one of the few volcanoes on earth displaying continuous eruptive activity over a period longer than a few years or decades. Its historic record goes back to more than 2500 years before present, and there is evidence that its persistent activity has been going on for as long as 5000 years.
Most of this activity is of a very moderate size, consisting of brief and small bursts of glowing lava fragments to heights of rarely more than 150 m above the vents. Occasionally, there are periods of stronger, more continuous activity, with fountaining lasting several hours, violent ejection of blocks and large bombs, and, still more rarely, lava outflow. Twice during this century (in 1919 and 1930) there have been large eruptions that caused significant damage and killed persons other than those staying in the immediate vicinity of the craters.
Although it is visited almost daily by numerous people, Stromboli is far from being observed in a manner like the volcanoes of Hawaii, and there is no complete documentation of its activity even today. Seismic monitoring is being done by the Istituto Internazionale di Vulcanologia at Catania and Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio of the Università di Udine, but there is by no means a complete record of visual observations that could serve to complement the instrumental record. Thus, as recently as summer 1994, the emission of a small volume of lava from the northernmost of Stromboli's presently three craters was not reported to the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network.
This Stromboli WWW site is intended to spread information about this volcano which is well-known by name, but still little understood. With this I hope to trigger a more rapid and more complete communication among the many persons who visit that place. A good start seems to have been made with information coming in from several people who have been there in the spring and summer of 1995 (other than myself). I intend to provide information on the following items:
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This page was last modified on 4 December 1995