Harrat 'Uwayrid Volcano, Al Madinah Province, western Saudi Arabia

News

no news in this list.

Harrat 'Uwayrid volcano

volcanic field 1920 m / 6,299 ft
Al Madinah Province, western Saudi Arabia, 27.08°N / 37.25°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)

[hide map] [enlarge map]

Typical eruption style: effusive
Harrat 'Uwayrid volcano eruptions: around 640 AD
Last earthquakes nearby: No recent earthquakes

Time

Mag. / Depth

Distance

Location

Harrat 'Uwayrid volcano is one of several basaltic volcanic fields in western Arabia, located 120 km east of the Red Sea. The field contains vast lava flows, scoria cones and tuff cones in a NW-SE aligned 125 km long area. To the NW, it joins with the Harrat ar Rahat volcanic field.
An eruption has probably occurred at around 640 AD from either the Hala-'l-Bedr or Hala-'l-'Ischia cones, or both. Bedouin legends remember that Hala-'l-Bedr erupted fire and stones, killing herdsmen and their cattle and sheep.

Click here to tell a friend about this page!

Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery.
Use of material: Text and images on this webpage are copyrighted. Further reproduction and use without authorization is not consented. If you need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.