Volcano in Portugal
Monaco Bank volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Monaco Bank is being reported right now Last eruption: 1900–1963 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Monaco Bank: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1900–1963
- Elevation
- -197 m -646 ft
- Type
- Submarine volcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Funchal 981 km ESE
Is Monaco Bank erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Monaco Bank right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1900–1963. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Monaco Bank
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Monaco Bank in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Monaco Bank
Monaco Bank is a submarine volcano in Azores, Portugal, rising to -197 m (-646 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Submarine volcanoes erupt under the sea; shallow ones can produce steam explosions, pumice rafts and discoloured water.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Funchal, 981 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Lisbon, 1467 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Portugal
Portugal has 4 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now. The closest other one is Terceira, 178 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.