Volcano profile

France

Chaine des Puys.

Volcano profile for Chaine des Puys in France, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Lava dome
Elevation
1,464 m
Last documented eruption
4040 BCE
Coordinates
45.786°, 2.981°
GVP number
210020

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No current eruption report

France

Chaine des Puys

Lava dome

Elevation
1,464 m
Last documented eruption
4040 BCE
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
45.786°, 2.981°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Western European Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
210020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Chaine des Puys · France

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
4040 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
5760 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
6020 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
6250 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
6550 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
7020 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
7740 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
7840 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Chaine des Puys · No current eruption report · 1,464 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airportFrance · CFE · LFLC
    14.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • Le Puy-Loudes AirfieldFrance · LPY · LFHP
    99.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

ChamalièresFrance · 6.8 km

Clermont-FerrandFrance · 8.2 km

RiomFrance · 15.7 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC