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Piton de la Fournaise
One of the world's most active volcanoes...
Eruptions this century - click underlined text for more info.
| Start date | Finish date | Event |
| 21 june 14 | 21 june 14 | Eruption in the Dolomieu Crater. Two short lived lava flows on the SE flank. |
| 09 dec 10 | 10 dec 10 | Unremarkable eruption in the Dolomieu Crater. |
| 14 oct 10 | 31 oct 10 | Eruption near the "Chateau Fort" crater. |
| 02 jan 10 | 12 jan 10 | Eruption in the Dolomieu Crater. |
| 14 dec. 08 | 15 dec 09 | Eruption in the Dolomieu Crater a mittme more than six hours ! |
| 15 dec. 08 | 29 jan 09 | Eruption in the Dolomieu Crater. |
| 02 avril 07 | 01 mai 07 |
An excellent report on this eruption can be found here. |
| 18 fév 07 | 18 fév 07 | A short beautiful eruption that lasted just over nine hours. |
| 30 août 06 | 01 Jan 07 | Small eruption after one day of seismic activity that went on to last 125 days. Formation of Pitons Wouandzani and Moinama. |
| 20 juil. 06 | 15 août 06 | Eruption in the Bory crater after several weeks of seismic activity. |
| 26 déc. 05 | 18 janv. 06 | Two lava flows which descended to within 1.5 miles of the coast road. |
| 29 nov. 05 | 30 nov. 05 | |
| 4 oct. 05 | 17 oct. 05 | |
| 17 févr. 05 | 4 avr. 05 | |
| 13 août 04 | 9 sept. 04 | Amazing eruption that produced three cones by the sea and enlarged the island by 9 hectares. |
| 2 mai 04 | 8 mai 04 | Spectacular eruption whose lava flows arrived within 1 mile of the coast road. |
| 7 janv. 04 | 10 janv. 04 | |
| 1 oct. 03 | 2 oct. 03 | |
| 22 août 03 | 27 août 03 | Creation of small cone. |
| 21 juin 03 | 5 juil. 03 | |
| 16 nov. 02 | 3 déc. 02 | Large eruption with several magnificent flows reaching the sea. |
| 4 janv. 02 | 16 janv. 02 | Eruption with subsequent lava flow reaching the coast. |
| 11 juin 01 | 7 juil. 01 | Eruption leading to the formation of Piton Madoré |
| 27 mars 01 | 4 avr. 01 | Eruption leading to the formation of Piton Tourkal |
| 12 oct. 00 | 13 nov. 00 | Eruption leading to the formation of Piton Morgabim |
| 23 juin 00 | 30 juil. 00 | Eruption leading to the formation of Piton Pérvédi |
| 14 févr. 00 | 4 mars 00 | Eruption leading to the formation of Piton Céliméne |
This is an animated map of eruptions in the last quarter of the previous century. Click to enlarge :
A map of all the significant craters and cones around the volcano.
Click to enlarge :
Credits : Eric Gaba
