Etrusk Volcano

Updated: 16 mayo 2024 19:04 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 3100 m / 10171 ft
Turkey, 39.03°N / 43.66°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Erupciones del volcán Etrusk: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

Fecha / Hora	Revista / Prof.	Distancia / Ubicación
15 may 17:27 (Istanbul)	1.8 7.2 km	18 km al suroeste	Turkey: Van Gölü - [03.16 km] Tuşba (Van)	Más
domingo, 12 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo)
12 may 03:23 (Istanbul)	1.0 7.1 km		Turkey: Tuşba (Van)	Más
martes, 7 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo)
7 may 09:22 (Istanbul)	2.2 9.4 km	18 km al oeste	Turkey: Van Gölü - [05.70 km] Erciş (Van)	Más
domingo, 5 mayo 2024 GMT (2 sismos)
6 may 02:29 (Istanbul)	1.4 12 km		Turkey: Van Gölü - [03.19 km] Tuşba (Van)	Más
5 may 22:58 (Istanbul)	3.9 7 km	14 km al sur	Türkiye-Iran Border Region	Más
viernes, 3 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo)
3 may 08:35 (Istanbul)	1.8 7.2 km	16 km al oeste	Turkey: Van Gölü - [04.23 km] Erciş (Van)	Más

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Background

As described by Oyan et al. (2010), the Pliocene Etrüsk volcano is one of the major volcanic centers of eastern Anatolia, just NE of Lake Van. There is a ~5-km-wide horseshoe-shaped caldera near the center of the volcano, with the Pleistocene Karniyak scoria cone about 11 km away on the SW flank near the lake. K-Ar age determinations by Oyan et al (2010) indicate that the main volcanic edifice of Etrusk was formed between 4.3 and 3.9 Ma, ending with caldera collapse. Between ~1 and 0.43 Ma, basalts erupted from the SW flank, predominantly from a ~N-S extending fissure, as well as from Karniyarik hill and a maar-shaped volcanic center (Düzgeyikçukuru). Lebedev et al. (2009) noted that the youngest dated trachybasalt from Karniyarek was 0.36 +/- 0.06 Ma.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information