Volcano profile

Italy

Vesuvius.

Volcano profile for Vesuvius in Italy, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

Live mapAll volcanoes
Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,281 m
Last documented eruption
1944
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 3 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
40.821°, 14.426°
GVP number
211020

Live map

Live map around Vesuvius

Satellites & ash clouds

Map options

Airports and nuclear plants provide geographic context. Being in or near an area does not establish closure, damage or a specific hazard.

Loading …

50 km · Live ADS-B
Loading live aircraft …
No current eruption report

Italy

Vesuvius

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,281 m
Last documented eruption
1944
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
40.821°, 14.426°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Italian Peninsula Volcanic Provinces
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
211020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

This display is not an official warning. Follow information from the responsible authorities when making local decisions.

Profile

Vesuvius · Italy

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
5 Jul 19134 Apr 19443Confirmed eruption
18 Dec 187522 Apr 19064?Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 1874Not available1Uncertain eruption
16 Dec 187030 Apr 18723Confirmed eruption
10 Feb 186426 Nov 18682Confirmed eruption
19 Dec 185531 Dec 18613Confirmed eruption
14 Dec 185427 May 18553Confirmed eruption
20 Sep 184116 Feb 18502Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 18353 Jan 18393Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 18242 Sep 18343Confirmed eruption
Jan 179616 Nov 18223?Confirmed eruption
18 Aug 17835 Jul 17943?Confirmed eruption
15 Feb 17704 Oct 17793?Confirmed eruption
176427 Oct 17673Confirmed eruption
Nov 17446 Jan 17613Confirmed eruption
174217431Confirmed eruption
25 Dec 17324 Jun 17373?Confirmed eruption
4 Sep 17241 Apr 17303Confirmed eruption
14 Aug 17088 Jul 17233Confirmed eruption
1 Jul 170122 Aug 17073Confirmed eruption
15 Sep 1697Jul 16983Confirmed eruption
31 Jul 169614 Aug 16962Confirmed eruption
3 Oct 168529 Apr 16943Confirmed eruption
12 Aug 168222 Aug 16823Confirmed eruption
25 Feb 165428 Mar 16803Confirmed eruption
1 Jul 1637Dec 16522Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 163131 Jan 16325?Confirmed eruption
1570Uncertain dating15721?Confirmed eruption
1500Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1347Not available2?Uncertain eruption
1270Not available2?Uncertain eruption
1150Not available3?Confirmed eruption
1 Jun 11399 Jun 11393Confirmed eruption
1073Uncertain datingNot available3Uncertain eruption
1049Not available1Uncertain eruption
27 Jan 1037Not available3Confirmed eruption
31 Dec 1006Not available3Confirmed eruption
999Not available3Confirmed eruption
991Not available3Confirmed eruption
1 Dec 968Not available4Confirmed eruption
900Uncertain datingNot available0?Confirmed eruption
860Uncertain datingNot available0?Confirmed eruption
15 Oct 78715 Jan 7883Confirmed eruption
Feb 685Mar 6854Confirmed eruption
536Not available—Confirmed eruption
8 Jul 512Not available4?Confirmed eruption
9 Nov 505Not available2?Uncertain eruption
5 Nov 4726 Nov 4725Confirmed eruption
3793952Confirmed eruption
303Not available2?Uncertain eruption
2222352Confirmed eruption
203Not available4PConfirmed eruption
172Not available3?Confirmed eruption
24 Oct 7928 Oct 795?Confirmed eruption
217 BCE216 BCE3?Confirmed eruption
600 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
880 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1430 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1550 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
2420 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
6940 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

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

Nearby earthquakes ↗

QuakeMap24

Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Vesuvius · No current eruption report · 1,281 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Naples International AirportItaly · NAP · LIRN
    13.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Salerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · QSR · LIRI
    46.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nuclear power plants

  • Garigliano nuclear power plantItalyPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 1
    69.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: Global Energy Monitor · Global Nuclear Power Tracker · Dataset date: 2026-08

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

Nearby places

OttavianoItaly · 5.6 km

Sant'AnastasiaItaly · 5.6 km

Somma VesuvianaItaly · 5.9 km

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

QuakeMap24

Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

This display is not an official warning. Follow information from the responsible authorities when making local decisions.

VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC