Etna

May 14, 2001 Eruption of Etna

May 14, 2001 · VEI 3 · 1 death

Etna in Italy erupted on May 14, 2001 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Etna, Italy, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date
May 14, 2001
Volcano
Etna, stratovolcano
Country
Italy
Volcanic Explosivity Index
3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location
37.748° N, 14.999° E

The toll

Deaths
1
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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI): 3, Lava Volume: 9.4x107 m3. Tephra Volume: >1x10,sup>8 m3. Eruptive Characteristics:

Central vent eruption, Radial fissure eruption, Explosive eruption, Pyroclastic flow(s), Lava flow(s), Lava dome extrusion, Damage (land, property, etc.)

Weekly Report 16-22 May 2001: A Spanish tourist who visited the volcano alone has been missing since 14 May and is presumed dead. The remains of her tent were found on 18 May near the rim of Bocca Nuova crater. Local press sources reported that a rescue team found footprints leading from the tent to the rim of one of the two active pits within the crater, but no prints were found leading back from the pit. It is possible that the tourist was standing on the rim of the pit when a portion of it broke loose.

(above from reference #2432)

Other significant eruptions of Etna

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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 5485.