Volcano profile

Ethiopia

Fentale.

Volcano profile for Fentale 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
2,007 m
Last documented eruption
1789
Coordinates
8.985°, 39.906°
GVP number
221190

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Ethiopia

Fentale

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,007 m
Last documented eruption
1789
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
8.985°, 39.906°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
221190
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Fentale · Ethiopia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
1789Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed 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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Fentale · No current eruption report · 2,007 m

Nearby places

MeteharaEthiopia · 9.5 km

ĀwashEthiopia · 28.6 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC