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Harrat Rahat
Volcanic field · 1,744 m · Saudi Arabia
Harrat Rahat sits on the Arabian Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 3 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1256.
Harrat Rahat is a vast lava field in western Saudi Arabia, near the city of Medina.
In 1256 an eruption produced a lava flow that stopped a few kilometres from the city. It is one of the few historical eruptions on the Arabian Peninsula and is now studied to assess the danger to Medina.
- Elevation
- 1,744 m
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Plate
- Arabian Plate
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Last Eruption
- 1256
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 3
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 3
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata