1250 Eruption of Fentale

Name: 1250 Eruption of Fentale
Start: 1250
Location: Fentale, Ethiopia

1250

Fentale in Ethiopia erupted in 1250.

Where it erupted

Fentale, Ethiopia, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1250
Volcano: Fentale, stratovolcano
Country: Ethiopia
Location: 8.985° N, 39.906° E

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

Every eruption in 1250 The 1200s Fentale Earthquakes near Fentale

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 4966.