Volcano profile

Portugal

Sete Cidades.

Volcano profile for Sete Cidades in Portugal, 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
842 m
Last documented eruption
1880
Coordinates
37.865°, -25.785°
GVP number
382080

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Portugal

Sete Cidades

Stratovolcano

Elevation
842 m
Last documented eruption
1880
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
37.865°, -25.785°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
382080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Sete Cidades · Portugal

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Jul 1880Not available0Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1861Not available0Confirmed eruption
14 Jun 181122 Jun 18113Confirmed eruption
1 Feb 18118 Feb 1811?2Confirmed eruption
1713Not available2Confirmed eruption
13 Dec 1682Not available2Confirmed eruption
3 Jul 163828 Jul 16382Confirmed eruption
1444Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed 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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Sete Cidades · No current eruption report · 842 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • João Paulo II AirportPortugal · PDL · LPPD
    15.7 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Nearby places

Ponta DelgadaPortugal · 17.3 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, 1:38 PM UTC