Recent Piton de la Fournaise eruptions

The Fournaise is one of the world's most active volcanoes - in the twentieth century for example it erupted 72 times - that's once every 16 months on average. Below is a list of its recent eruptions (since 1998).

Eruption of Piton de la Fournaise (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Before the eruption in 1998 which lasted six months there hadn't been one since 1992. Altogether there have been 300 recorded eruptions since the island was inhabited in the mid-17th century (and probably a few more that went unrecorded in my opinion).

Start Date: 2016 September 11 - Stop Date: 2016 September 18

Start Date: 2016 May 26 - Stop Date: 2016 May 27 

Start Date: 2015 August 24 - Stop Date: 2015 October 31 

Start Date: 2015 July 31 - Stop Date: 2015 August 2 

Start Date: 2015 May 17 - Stop Date: 2015 May 30

Start Date: 2015 February 4 - Stop Date: 2015 February 16

Start Date: 2014 June 21  - Stop Date: 2014 June 22 

Start Date: 2010 October 14 - Stop Date: 2010 December 10

Start Date: 2009 November 5 - Stop Date: 2010 January 12

Start Date: 2008 September 21 - Stop Date: 2009 February 4

Start Date: 2006 July 20 - Stop Date: 2007 May 1

Start Date: 2005 October 4 - Stop Date: 2006 January 18

Start Date: 2005 February 17 - Stop Date: 2005 February 26

Piton de la fournaise eruption, lava reaches sea 26 Feb 2005
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Start Date: 2004 May 2 - Stop Date: 2004 October 16

 Piton de la Fournaise eruption, 2004 © Serge Leplege

Fournaise eruption reaches the sea, August 2004 © Serge Leplege

Start Date: 2003 May 30 - Stop Date: 2004 January 10

Start Date: 2002 November 16 - Stop Date: 2002 December 3

Start Date: 2002 January 5 - Stop Date: 2002 January 16

Start Date: 2001 June 11 - Stop Date: 2001 July 7

Start Date: 2001 March 27 - Stop Date: 2001 April 4

Start Date: 2000 June 23 - Stop Date: 2000 November 13

Piton de la Fournaise eruption November 2000 © Serge Leplege 

Start Date: 2000 February 14 - Stop Date: 2000 March 4

Start Date: 1999 July 19 - Stop Date: 1999 October 23

Start Date: 1998 March 9 - Stop Date: 1998 September 20 (?)

Source : Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution which lists all known eruptions for the Fournaise.

See also Reunion Island Geological Information Center for up-to-the minute volcano information in English and live webcams.

Follow this link for my photos of the January 2002 eruption.

Eruption of Piton de la Fournaise (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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