Volcano
Katla Fissure vent · 1,490 m · Iceland
Photo: Илья Григорик · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Katla sits on the Eurasian Plate, in a rift zone. 131 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1918. Its major eruptions caused at least 2 deaths.
Elevation 1,490 m Type Fissure vent Tectonic Setting Rift zone, oceanic crust Dominant Rock Basalt / Picro-Basalt Plate Eurasian Plate Country Iceland Last Eruption 1918 Known Eruptions (Holocene) 131 Max. Explosivity (VEI) 5 Known Fatalities 2 Eruption Timeline Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
6,380 BCE 6,230 BCE 6,200 BCE 6,170 BCE 6,050 BCE 5,960 BCE 5,890 BCE 5,850 BCE 5,730 BCE 5,720 BCE 5,710 BCE 5,630 BCE 5,560 BCE 5,550 BCE 5,470 BCE 5,460 BCE 5,360 BCE 5,230 BCE 5,180 BCE 5,070 BCE 5,040 BCE 5,020 BCE 4,880 BCE 4,810 BCE 4,750 BCE 4,660 BCE 4,610 BCE 4,430 BCE 4,370 BCE 4,280 BCE 4,240 BCE 4,210 BCE 4,060 BCE 3,930 BCE 3,810 BCE 3,790 BCE 3,720 BCE 3,670 BCE 3,640 BCE 3,510 BCE 3,480 BCE 3,390 BCE 3,370 BCE 3,280 BCE 3,180 BCE 2,920 BCE · VEI 3 2,850 BCE 2,680 BCE 2,540 BCE 2,480 BCE 2,420 BCE 2,250 BCE 2,220 BCE 2,190 BCE 2,160 BCE 2,110 BCE 2,050 BCE 2,020 BCE 2,000 BCE 1,950 BCE 1,920 BCE · VEI 4 1,910 BCE 1,850 BCE 1,700 BCE 1,670 BCE 1,640 BCE 1,540 BCE 1,440 BCE · VEI 4 1,290 BCE 1,280 BCE 1,220 BCE · VEI 3 1,190 BCE 1,160 BCE 990 BCE 920 BCE 860 BCE 850 BCE · VEI 4 780 BCE 740 BCE 700 BCE 650 BCE 600 BCE 560 BCE 550 BCE 530 BCE 430 BCE 370 BCE 250 BCE 80 BCE 30 130 200 260 270 · VEI 3 290 400 500 540 590 610 680 780 820 904 920 · VEI 4 934 · VEI 4 950 960 · VEI 3 1150 1177 · VEI 3 1210 · VEI 4 1245 · VEI 4 1262 · VEI 5 1311 1357 · VEI 4 1416 · VEI 4 1440 · VEI 4 1450 1500 · VEI 4 1550 · VEI 4 1580 · VEI 4 1612 · VEI 4 1625 · VEI 5 1660 · VEI 4 1721 · VEI 5 1755 · VEI 5 · deadly eruption 1823 · VEI 3 1860 · VEI 4 1918 · VEI 4 1955 · VEI 0 1999 · VEI 0 VEI 2 VEI 4 VEI 6 6,380 BCE 1500 1800 1900 2000
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
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