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This is mainly
based on the list given in the appendix of Barberi et al. (1993) but contains
info also from other sources as well as more recent (post-summer-1990)
events. Lava flow emissions, pyroclastic flows and highly explosive events
are emphasized in boldface. Capitals indicate inactivity.
- 1558 -- arable
land destroyed
- 1619 -- ejection
of pumice
- 27 Mar 1638 --
ashfall
- 5 May 1688 -- ashfall
- 1 Sep 1693 -- increased
activity
- Mar 1744 --
lava flow
- Oct 1768 --
lava flow and vegetation ignited
- 1770 -- submarine
eruption with lava flow
- 1-2 Mar 1778 --
increased activity
- 5-7 Feb 1783 --
strong explosions
- 1788 -- ashfall
- 22 Oct 1822 --
strong explosions, pyroclastic flows and destruction of arable
land
- 1830 -- lava
flow
- 1831 -- lava
flow
- 1833 -- increased
activity
- 1834 -- lava
flow
- Sep 1834 -- increased
activity
- 25 Jul 1836 --
lava flow
- 1839 -- lava
flow
- 1850 -- strong
explosions , block fallout, one house damaged
- 3-4 Oct 1855 --
lava fountains and scoria fall
- 1857 -- NO ACTIVITY
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
- 26 Jan - 5 Feb
1865 -- increased activity
- Sep 1865 -- increased
activity
- 1870 -- increased
activity (plume seen from Panarea)
- Jun 1874 --
strong explosions
- 1 Sep 1874 -- increased
activity
- 4-5 Feb 1879 --
strong explosions , ashfalls, ejection of pumice; tsunami
- 3-8 Jun 1879 --
strong explosions , ashfalls, vegetation ignited, lava fountains
- 15-18 Oct 1881
-- ash and block fallout
- 30 Jan 1882 --
ash and block fallout
- 13 Mar 1882 --
increased activity
- 25 Apr 1882 --
increased activity
- 17-30 Nov 1882
-- strong explosions , new vents active, block fallout and landslides
- 8-9 Feb 1883 --
increased activity
- 16 Mar 1883 --
ejection of "pumice"
- 22 Jan 1886 --
increased activity
- 31 Jan 1887 --
increased activity
- 31 Mar 1887 --
strong explosions , ejection of "pumice"
- 18 Nov 1887 --
ejection of "pumice"
- Oct 1888 - June
1889 -- lava flow
- 23 Oct 1888 --
strong lava fountaining
- June 1889 - 1890
-- NO ACTIVITY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
- 24-28 Jul 1891
-- lava flow, strong explosions, block fallout and one house
damaged by air shock
- 31 Aug 1891 --
strong spatter ejections , vegetation ignited
- 5 Nov 1892 -- increased
activity
- 30 Jan 1893 --
increased activity
- 11 Aug 1893 --
increased activity
- 29 Mar 1895 --
increased activity
- 13 Jul 1897 --
increased activity
- 17 Jul 1897 --
increased activity
- 24-25 Aug 1898
-- strong spattering forming rootless ("secondary") lava flow
- 20 Oct 1898 --
increased activity
- 25 Oct 1898 --
increased activity
- Apr-Oct 1900 --
lava flow
- 10 Apr 1900 --
increased activity
- 20 May 1900 --
increased activity
- 19 Jul 1900 --
increased activity
- 22 Aug 1900 --
ashfall
- 19 Oct 1900 --
pyroclastic flows (? "hot avalanches") and ashfall
- 8 Mar 1901 -- increased
activity
- 29 Dec 1901 --
increased activity
- Jan-Jul 1903 --
lava flow
- 22 Jan 1903 --
increased activity
- 9 Mar 1903 -- increased
activity
- 14 Mar 1903 --
increased activity
- Oct 1903 --
lava flow
- 11 Nov 1903 --
increased activity
- 19 Mar 1904 --
increased activity
- 22 Aug 1904 --
increased activity
- Feb-Dec 1905 --
intermittent lava flows
- 25 Feb 1905 --
possible lava flows for 6 hours
- 15 Mar 1905 --
lava flow
- 17 Mar 1905 --
increased activity
- 16 Apr 1905 --
strong explosions with lapilli falls to 4 km away;
one person injured
- 27 Sep 1905 --
ashfall
- 19 Jan 1906 --
"secondary" lava flows
- 11-16 Jul 1906
-- strong explosions and pyroclastic flows , vegetation ignited
- 11 Jan 1907 --
ashfall
- 27-31 Jan 1907
-- lava flow to the sea
- 13 Apr 1907 --
increased activity
- 27 Apr 1907 --
very powerful explosions causing ashfalls as far as Messina
(some 80 km away), some damage to buildings on the island, vegetation
ignited
- June 1907 - May
1910 -- PERIOD OF INACTIVITY
- Jun-Aug 1912 --
very strong explosive activity with lava fountains 700 m high,
ashfalls to Calabria and Sicily
- 27-31 Aug 1912
-- strong activity
- Oct-Nov 1912 --
block falls on village of Stromboli
- 25 Oct 1912 --
eruption from radial fissure on Sciara del Fuoco
- Apr-Nov 1914 --
intermittent lava flows
- 18 Jun - 20 Dec
1915 -- intermittent lava flows, strong explosions and possible
pyroclastic flows
- 25 Dec 1915 --
increased activity
- 5 Jan 1916 -- increased
activity
- Jun 1916 --
very strong explosions and lava flows
- 2 Jul 1916 --
powerful explosions
- 3 Jul 1916 --
lava flows and strong explosions
- 4 Jul 1916 --
strong explosions , ash and block fallout and vegetation ignited
- 4-29 Jul 1916 --
lava flow into the sea
- 22 May 1919 --
Major explosion, large bombs and blocks on Stromboli and Ginostra
villages, ash to Sicily, tsunami, great damage; FOUR PEOPLE KILLED and
several injured
- 16 Jun 1921 --
increased activity
- 22 Jun 1921 --
increased activity
- 20 Aug 1922 --
increased activity
- Dec 1923 -- increased
activity
- Apr 1924 --
lava flow
- 1929 -- lava
flow
- 3-6 Feb 1930 --
lava flow and ashfall
-
11 Sep 1930 -- most disastrous eruption on record: violent
explosions, pyroclastic flows to the sea, numerous buildings destroyed,
lava flows; SIX PEOPLE KILLED and 22 injured see
detailed description of this eruption
- 22 Oct 1930 --
strong explosions and lava fountains, vegetation ignited
- 1-2 Dec 1930 --
lava flow
- 23 Apr 1931 --
increased activity
- 7 Jul 1931 -- increased
activity
- Jul 1931 - May
1932 -- NO ACTIVITY
- 3 Jun 1932 -- increased
activity
- Jun 1932 - Feb
1933 -- NO ACTIVITY
- Mar 1933 - Feb
1934 -- NO ACTIVITY
- 2 Feb 1934 --
powerful explosive activity and block fallout near Stromboli village,
houses damaged by air shock
- 21 Aug 1934 --
increased activity
- 21 Jul - 27 Aug
1935 -- lava flow
- 31 Jan 1936 --
strong explosions and lava flow , vegetation ignited and some
structural damage
- 12 May 1936 --
increased activity
- 22 Aug 1936 --
increased activity
- 26-27 Oct 1936
-- strong explosions
- 11 Jan - 12 Nov
1938 -- intermittent lava flows
- 10 Jan - 8 Jun
1939 -- intermittent lava flows
- 22 Aug 1941 --
violent lava fountaining (to 1000 m above craters!) and block
fallout near villages, houses damaged by air shock
- Dec 1943 - Oct
1944 -- intermittent lava flows
- 3 Dec 1943 --
powerful explosions , vegetation ingnited, houses damaged
- 25 Jan 1944 --
increased activity, vegetation ignited
- 20 Aug 1944 --
strong explosions, pyroclastic flows and tsunami; one house
destroyed
- 1946 -- lava
flow
- 6-9 Jun 1949 --
lava flow
- 20-23 Oct 1950
-- strong explosions , vegetation ignited
- 7 Jun 1952 -- ashfall
on Ginostra
- 7-22 Jun 1952 --
intermittent lava flows
- 25 Nov 1953 --
increased activity
- 30 Jan 1954 --
increased activity
- 1 Feb 1954 --
strong explosions, pyroclastic flow , ashfall and tsunami
- 1 Feb - 13 Mar
1954 -- lava flow
- 28
Feb - 22 Mar 1955 -- lava extrusion at base of Sciara del Fuoco
(fed from lava tunnel from summit craters?)
- 1 Jan - 16 Mar
1956 -- intermittent lava flows
- 5-12
Feb 1958 -- strong explosions, lava flow
- 31 May - 5 June
1958 -- lava flow
- 19
May 1959 -- strong explosions
- 8-11 Jul 1959 --
strong explosions
- 12-13 Aug 1959
-- minor lava emissions
- 6-10 Sep 1959 --
strong explosions, lava flow
- 9-12 Apr 1966 --
lava flow
- 19
Apr - 13 Aug 1967 -- continuous lava effusion
- mid-Aug 1967 -
May 1968 -- NO ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY
- 31
Mar 1971 -- lava flow and increased explosive activity
- 1 May 1971 --
lava flow and increased explosive activity
- Dec 1972 -- ashfall
in Stromboli village
- May 1973 -- increased
activity
- 19 Sep 1974 --
strong explosion
- 4 Nov 1975 -- ashfall
- 4-24 Nov 1975 --
lava flow
- 6 Dec 1985 --
strong explosions, pyroclastic flow
- 6
Dec 1985 - 26 Apr 1986 -- continuous lava outflow
- Jul 1986 --
tourist killed at the craters
- 30 Aug 1988 --
increased activity
- 25 Mar 1989 --
strong explosions, one person injured ; vegetation
ignited
- 15 Apr 1990 --
increased activity, ashfall in Stromboli village
- Jun-Nov 1990 --
strongly increased explosive activity
- Feb 1993 --
strong explosions , ashfall in Ginostra village
- May 1993 --
strongly increased explosive activity, intermittent lava flows
- 16
Oct 1993 -- strong explosions, one person injured
- 23 Oct 1993 --
Explosion reported in GVN Bulletin vol 18 No 10 is actually a confusion
with the 16 October 1993 episode
- Jul-Oct 1994 --
strongly increased explosive activity; small lava flow
- 5 Mar 1995 --
strong explosions
- 16 Feb 1996 --
strong explosions
- 17
Apr - 1 Jun 1996 -- strongly increased explosive activity
- 1
Jun 1996 -- strong explosions; four people injured and
bush fires
- 4
Sep 1996 -- strong explosions; possibly 6 people injured
and bush fires
- Oct 1996 -- very
low levels of activity
- 16 Jan 1998 --
strong explosion
- 23 Aug 1998 --
strong explosion, bush fires
- 8 Sep1998 --
strong explosion, bush fires
- 24 Nov 1998 --
strong explosion, bombs ejected 700 m above summit
- 28 Dec 1998 --
strong explosion, light ash fall on Stromboli village
- 9 Apr 1999 --
two powerful explosions
- 26 Aug 1999 --
strong explosion, up to 10 people injured and bush fires
- 10 Oct 1999 --
strong explosion
- 21 Oct 2001 --
strong explosion, one person killed by falling pyroclastics
- 24 July 2002 --
strong explosion
- 28 December 2003
- 22 July 2003 -- strong explosions followed by lava flows into
the sea, collapse of part of the Sciara del Fuoco on 30 December 2002
generates a tsunami that causes serious damage in low-lying areas on
the island and several people are injured; lava outflow continues at
a diminished rate and is sometimes accompanied by mild spattering at
new effusive vents located about 150 m below the summit craters; a powerful
explosion on 5 April 2003 is probably the strongest at Stromboli since
1930 but causes no fatalities due to access restrictions
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