Volcano profile

Spain

Tenerife.

Volcano profile for Tenerife in Spain, 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
3,715 m
Last documented eruption
1909
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
28.271°, -16.641°
GVP number
383030

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No current eruption report

Spain

Tenerife

Stratovolcano

Elevation
3,715 m
Last documented eruption
1909
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
28.271°, -16.641°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Canary Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
383030
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Tenerife · Spain

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
18 Nov 190927 Nov 19092Confirmed eruption
9 Jun 179814 Sep 17983Confirmed eruption
5 May 170613 Jun 17062Confirmed eruption
31 Dec 170427 Mar 17052Confirmed eruption
24 Aug 1492Not available—Confirmed eruption
1444Not available—Uncertain eruption
1396Uncertain datingNot available—Uncertain eruption
1341Not available—Uncertain eruption
1060Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
800Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
700Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
240Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
190Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
90Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
40Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
30Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
80 BCEUncertain datingNot available4+Confirmed eruption
520 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
580 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
670 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1150 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1400 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1650 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1700 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1980 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2650 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3540 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3750 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3960 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4200 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4650 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5750 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6200 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7260 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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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Tenerife · No current eruption report · 3,715 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Tenerife Sur AirportSpain · TFS · GCTS
    26.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · TFN · GCXO
    37.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • La Gomera AirportSpain · GMZ · GCGM
    62.3 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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

Nearby places

Realejo AltoSpain · 12.9 km

Icod de los VinosSpain · 13.2 km

Los RealejosSpain · 13.9 km

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

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC