Volcano - Le Piton de la Fournaise

Eruptions this century

2000

14 February / 4 March

Formation of Piton Célimène

 

23 June / 30 July

Formation of thePiton Pérvédi

 

12 October / 13 November

Formation of the Piton Morgabim

2001

27 March / 4 April

Formation of the Piton Tourkal

 

11 June / 7 July

Formation du Piton Madoré

2002

4 January / 16 January

Lava flow ed from the volcano to the sea.

 

16 November / 3 December

A truly spectacular eruption with many lava flows descending to the sea.

2003

21 June / 5 July

 

 

22 August / 27 August

Creation of small crater

 

1er October / 2 October

 

2004

7 January / 10 January

 

2004

2 May / 18 May

Spectacular eruption that arrived to within one mile of the coast road

2004

13 August / 9 September

Amazing eruption that produced three craters by the sea an enlarged the island by 9 hectares

2005

17 February / 4 March

 

2005

4 October / 17 October

 

2005

29/30 November

 

2005

26 December / 18 January

Two lava flows which descended to within 1.5 miles of the coast road

2006 20 July to 15 August Eruption in the Bory crater after several weeks of seismic activity
2006 30 August to ? Small eruption after one day of activity

 

 

 

 

An eruption is a lot more than just a "son et lumiere", but for those who are unable to be there some of the best images of the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise can be found at the following links. Some of these offer, in addition, dvds and videos of the most recent eruptions.

...to be completed; see the volcano link for my own video.

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