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France

Fournaise, Piton de la.

Volcano profile for Fournaise, Piton de la in France, 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
2,632 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Coordinates
-21.244°, 55.708°
GVP number
233020

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France

Fournaise, Piton de la

Shield volcano

Elevation
2,632 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-21.244°, 55.708°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Reunion Hotspot Volcano Group
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
233020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Fournaise, Piton de la · France

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
13 Feb 202631 Mar 2026—Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 202310 Aug 20230Confirmed eruption
19 Sep 20225 Oct 20220Confirmed eruption
22 Dec 202117 Jan 20220Confirmed eruption
9 Apr 202124 May 20210Confirmed eruption
7 Dec 20208 Dec 20200Confirmed eruption
10 Feb 20206 Apr 20200Confirmed eruption
11 Jun 201927 Oct 20190Confirmed 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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Fournaise, Piton de la · No current eruption report · 2,632 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds AirportRéunion · ZSE · FMEP
    30.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Roland Garros AirportRéunion · RUN · FMEE
    44.0 kmStraight-line distance

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

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

Saint-JosephRéunion · 17.6 km

Le TamponRéunion · 20.1 km

Saint-BenoîtRéunion · 22.9 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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