Volcano in Portugal
Sao Jorge volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Sao Jorge is being reported right now Last eruption: 1900–1963; last significant eruption 1808 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Sao Jorge: 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 last significant: 1808
- Elevation
- 1,053 m 3,455 ft
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Funchal 1206 km ESE
Is Sao Jorge erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Sao Jorge right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1900–1963, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in 1808. 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 Sao Jorge
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Sao Jorge 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 Sao Jorge
Sao Jorge is a fissure vent in Azores, Portugal, rising to 1,053 m (3,455 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Fissure vents erupt along cracks in the ground, often as curtains of lava fountains.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Funchal, 1206 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Lisbon, 1641 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 Fayal, 56 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.