Volcano profile

Ethiopia

Alu-Dalafilla.

Volcano profile for Alu-Dalafilla in Ethiopia, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Fissure vent
Elevation
578 m
Last documented eruption
2008
Coordinates
13.793°, 40.553°
GVP number
221060

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Ethiopia

Alu-Dalafilla

Fissure vent

Elevation
578 m
Last documented eruption
2008
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
13.793°, 40.553°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Afar Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
GVP
221060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Alu-Dalafilla · Ethiopia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
3 Nov 200816 Dec 2008?3Confirmed 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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Alu-Dalafilla · No current eruption report · 578 m

Nearby places

ArertiEthiopia · 21.3 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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