Volcano profile

Greece

Santorini.

Volcano profile for Santorini in Greece, 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
367 m
Last documented eruption
1950
Coordinates
36.404°, 25.396°
GVP number
212040

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No current eruption report

Greece

Santorini

Shield volcano

Elevation
367 m
Last documented eruption
1950
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
36.404°, 25.396°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Hellenic Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
212040
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Santorini · Greece

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
10 Jan 19502 Feb 19502Confirmed eruption
20 Aug 19392 Jul 19412Confirmed eruption
23 Jan 192817 Mar 19282Confirmed eruption
11 Aug 192516 May 19262Confirmed eruption
26 Jan 186615 Oct 18702Confirmed eruption
23 May 170714 Sep 17113Confirmed eruption
157015733Confirmed eruption
11 Jul 726Not available?4Confirmed 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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Santorini · No current eruption report · 367 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Santorini International AirportGreece · JTR · LGSR
    7.4 kmStraight-line distance
  • Paros National AirportGreece · PAS · LGPA
    73.0 kmStraight-line distance
  • Naxos Island National AirportGreece · JNX · LGNX
    75.3 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC