October 20, 2001 Eruption of Stromboli

Name: October 20, 2001 Eruption of Stromboli
Start: 2001-10-20
Location: Stromboli, Italy

October 20, 2001 · VEI 2 · 1 death

Stromboli in Italy erupted on October 20, 2001 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Stromboli, Italy, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: October 20, 2001
Volcano: Stromboli, stratovolcano
Country: Italy
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Killed by: Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
Location: 38.789° N, 15.213° E

The toll

Deaths: 1

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.

Ejecta from a stronger than normal explosion impacted a tourist group at Pizzo Sopra la Fossa. One seriously injured woman fell into a coma and died two days later after being hospitalized. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Stromboli

Every eruption in 2001 The 2000s Stromboli Earthquakes near Stromboli This day in weather history

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 6245.