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Musuan volcanolava dome 646 m / 2,119 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 7.88°N / 125.07°E Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) [hide map] [enlarge map]
Typical eruption style: explosive
Musuan volcano eruptions: 1886-87 Last earthquakes nearby:
Background:The low cone is grass-covered and andesitic-to-dacitic in composition.Musuan last erupted in Dec 1886, as a Jesuit priest reported who visited the volcano 4 years later in 1891, at which time there was still strong fumarolic activity, which prevented closer examination. The eruption was probably phreatic in nature, and was reported to have "burned everything around it". 1976 seismic swarm
A strong earthquake swarm occurred near Musuan volcano in 1976. |
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