Iblei Volcano
Updated: May 20, 2024 00:50 GMT -
Shield? 825 m / 2707 ft
Italy, 37.12°N / 14.82°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Italy, 37.12°N / 14.82°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Iblei volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
May 17, 09:36 am (Rome) | 2.1 22 km | 24 km (15 mi) to the SE | Italy: 9 km NW Noto (SR) | Info | |
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 8, 07:59 pm (Rome) | 2.4 7.2 km | 18 km (11 mi) to the N | Italy: 2 km SW Scordia (CT) | Info | |
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
May 8, 12:24 am (Rome) | 2.3 10 km | 20 km (13 mi) to the SE | Italy: 6 km SW Canicattini Bagni (SR) | Info | |
May 7, 03:59 am (Rome) | 1.1 6.9 km | 19 km (12 mi) to the E | 24 km west of Syracuse, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy | Info |
Background
Iblei consists of mostly submarine volcanics with some subaerial deposits; however, there is no clear volcanic edifice (Scandone, 1987, pers. comm.). The volcanic features consist mostly of monogenetic cones, maars, and lava flows of basaltic to andesitic composition; the older Pliocene submarine products are pillow lavas and hyaloclastites (Peccerillo, 2005). The youngest volcanic products are K-Ar dated at 1.7 Ma, but volcanism is believed to have taken place from 4.9 to 1.5 Ma (Capaldi et al., 1985; Peccerillo, 2005).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information