 Eruption of the Stromboli Volcano | |
| UTC time | 2002-12-30 12:15 |
|---|---|
| Local date | 30 December 2002 |
| Local time | 13:15 UTC+1 |
| Duration | Around 7 minutes |
| Depth | 10-1000 (m) |
| Epicenter | 38°47′38″N 15°12′40″E / 38.79389°N 15.21111°E |
| Type | Volcanic tsunami |
| Total damage | €600,000 |
| Tsunami | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Landslides | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Casualties | None |
The 2002 Stromboli tsunami was a tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption on the island of Stromboli, in the Aeolian Islands of Sicily, located on the Tyrrhenian Sea. In May 2002, one of the island's two active volcanoes, called Stromboli, entered a new phase of explosive activity that was initially characterized by gas and ash emission from the summit craters.[1] On 30 December 2002, the seismic network recorded two large collapses of a huge portion of the Sciara del Fuoco, which resulted in the tsunamis. The first landslide was around 13:15 and the second one around 13:23, which lasted for 5–7 minutes. The event caused damages on the eastern coast side of Stromboli and Panarea.[2] These tsunamis have been considered the most violent ones to have struck Stromboli in the past 100 years.
- ^ Maramai, Alessandra. "Near- and far-field survey report of the 30 December 2002 Stromboli (Southern Italy) tsunami". Research gate. Marine Geology. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Tinti, Stefano (2005). "The 30 December 2002 landslide-induced tsunamis in Stromboli: sequence of the events reconstructed from the eyewitness accounts". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 5 (6). Allen Institute: 763–775. Bibcode:2005NHESS...5..763T. doi:10.5194/nhess-5-763-2005. S2CID 7258551.