Morne Watt Volcano
Updated: 28 мар 2024 11:52 GMT -
Stratovolcanoes 1224 m / 4,016 ft
West Indies, Dominica, 15.31°N / -61.31°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
West Indies, Dominica, 15.31°N / -61.31°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Morne Watt volcano eruptions: 1997
Latest nearby earthquakes
Время | Магнитуда / Глубина | Расстояние / Местоположение | |||
24 мар 09:43 (Dominica) 24 мар 13:43 GMT | 2.1 43 km | 28 km к востоку | Карибское море, Доминика, 36 km к востоку от Розо, Saint George | Более | |
Среда, 20 марта 2024 GMT (1 земл.) | |||||
20 мар 15:58 (Dominica) 20 мар 19:58 GMT | 2.3 137 km | 17 km к востоку | Карибское море, Доминика, 26 km к юго-востоку от Dominica | Более |
Background
Morne Watt (Watt Mountain) volcano lies SE of the Trois Piton/Micotrin lava-dome complex in SE Dominica, east of the capital city of Roseau. The two best-known volcanic features on Dominica, the Valley of Desolation and the Boiling Lake thermal areas, lie on the flank of Morne Watt; both are major tourist attractions within the national park on Dominica. Morne Anglais stratovolcano lies 4 km SW of Morne Watt and Grand Soufrière Hills volcano, with dated pyroclastic-flow producing eruptions about 10,000 years ago, lies 3 km to the east. A major eruption from Morne Watt producing pyroclastic flows took place about 1300 years ago. A moderately large phreatic explosion took place at the Valley of Desolation thermal area NE of Morne Watt in 1880, when ash fell over a 4-km-wide sector at the coast, 10 km from the vent. A smaller phreatic explosion occurred in July 1997, when ashfall was confined to the Valley of Desolation area. These mark the only known historical eruptions on the island of Dominica.---
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