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Iceland

Hekla.

Volcano profile for Hekla in Iceland, 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
1,490 m
Last documented eruption
2000
Coordinates
63.983°, -19.666°
GVP number
372070

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Iceland

Hekla

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,490 m
Last documented eruption
2000
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
63.983°, -19.666°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
372070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Hekla · Iceland

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
26 Feb 20008 Mar 20003Confirmed eruption
17 Jan 199111 Mar 19913Confirmed eruption
9 Apr 198116 Apr 19812Confirmed eruption
17 Aug 198020 Aug 19803Confirmed eruption
5 May 19705 Jul 19703Confirmed eruption
29 Mar 194721 Apr 19484Confirmed eruption
25 Apr 191318 May 19132Confirmed eruption
27 Feb 187816 Apr 18782Confirmed 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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Hekla · No current eruption report · 1,490 m

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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