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Ethiopia

Erta Ale.

Volcano profile for Erta 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
Shield volcano
Elevation
585 m
Last documented eruption
2025
Coordinates
13.601°, 40.666°
GVP number
221080

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Ethiopia

Erta Ale

Shield volcano

Elevation
585 m
Last documented eruption
2025
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
13.601°, 40.666°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Afar Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
GVP
221080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Erta Ale · Ethiopia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Jul 1967Uncertain dating7 Aug 20250Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 1960Not available0Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1940Not available0Confirmed eruption
16 May 1906Not available0Confirmed eruption
1 Nov 1904Not available2Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1903Not available2Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1873Not available2Uncertain 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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Erta Ale · No current eruption report · 585 m

Nearby places

ArertiEthiopia · 38.8 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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