Parker Volcano
Updated: 5 mayo 2024 02:25 GMT -
stratovolcano 1824 m / 5,984 ft
Mindanao (Filipinas), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Mindanao (Filipinas), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 12 dic 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Parker volcano (also known as Falen locally) is a low, but steep-sided vegetated stratovolcano located 30 km west of General Santos City, near the southern tip of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
The andesitic-dacitic volcano contains a 2.9 km diameter summit caldera with a lake, Lake Maughan (2 km diameter).
Parker was recently identified as the source of a major explosive eruption in 1641, which caused devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and heavy ash fall and darkness over Mindanao Island. The 1641 eruption was one of 3 large explosions of Parker volcano within the past 3800 years. It created the present-day summit caldera.
The eruption style of Parker volcano is similar to Pinatubo volcano, which had a Plinian eruption in 1991.
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Erupciones del volcán Parker: Dec 1640- Jan 1641 (plinian eruption), 1380 ± 75 years, 1920 BC ± 40 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
Fecha / Hora | Revista / Prof. | Distancia / Ubicación | |||
5 may 00:01 (Manila) | 1.9 7 km | 011 km N 34° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Más | ||
viernes, 3 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
3 may 23:08 (Manila) | 2.1 32 km | 13 km al noroeste | Philippines: 001 km S 06° E of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Más | |
lunes, 29 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
29 abr 22:30 (Manila) | 2.5 7 km | 20 km al noroeste | Philippines: 006 km S 89° E of Lake Sebu (South Cotabato) 1 report | Más | |
jueves, 25 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
25 abr 20:08 (Manila) | 2.3 12 km | 26 km al sureste | Philippines: 004 km N 10° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Más | |
martes, 23 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
24 abr 02:45 (Manila) | 1.9 32 km | Philippines: 021 km S 22° E of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Más | ||
lunes, 22 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
22 abr 19:36 (Manila) | 1.9 36 km | Philippines: 017 km N 16° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Más |
Erupciones del volcán Parker
2002 earthquake & crater lake landslide
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.