Volcano profile

Ethiopia

Bora Ale.

Volcano profile for Bora Ale 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
668 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
13.725°, 40.6°
GVP number
221071

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Ethiopia

Bora Ale

Stratovolcano

Elevation
668 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
13.725°, 40.6°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Afar Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
GVP
221071
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Bora Ale · Ethiopia

Documented eruptions

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

No eruption history is available for this volcano in the included dataset.

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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Bora Ale · No current eruption report · 668 m

Nearby places

ArertiEthiopia · 26.0 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, 1:23 PM UTC