Volcano profile

Italy

Pantelleria.

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

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Shield volcano
Elevation
836 m
Last documented eruption
1891
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 1 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
36.77°, 12.02°
GVP number
211071

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No current eruption report

Italy

Pantelleria

Shield volcano

Elevation
836 m
Last documented eruption
1891
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
36.77°, 12.02°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Sicily Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
211071
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Pantelleria · Italy

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Dec 1891Not available—Uncertain eruption
17 Oct 189125 Oct 18911Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1831Not available—Uncertain eruption
1080 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4430 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5610 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6130 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Pantelleria · No current eruption report · 836 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Pantelleria AirportItaly · PNL · LICG
    6.9 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC