Parker Volcano
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 20:40 GMT -
stratovolcano 1824 m / 5,984 ft
Mindanao (Philippines), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Mindanao (Philippines), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 12 Dec 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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Parker volcano eruptions: Dec 1640- Jan 1641 (plinian eruption), 1380 ± 75 years, 1920 BC ± 40 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 28, 11:40 pm (Manila) | 1.7 35 km |  Philippines: 016 km N 38° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | ||
| Thursday, April 25, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 25, 08:08 pm (Manila) | 2.3 12 km | 26 km (16 mi) to the SE | Philippines: 004 km N 10° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 24, 02:45 am (Manila) | 1.9 32 km | Philippines: 021 km S 22° E of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Info | ||
| Monday, April 22, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 22, 07:36 pm (Manila) | 1.9 36 km | 27 km southwest of General Santos City, Philippines | Info | ||
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 17, 01:36 pm (Manila) | 2.4 32 km | 13 km (8.3 mi) to the NW | Philippines: 000 km S 34° E of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Info | |
| Tuesday, April 16, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 17, 12:21 am (Manila) | 2.9 17 km | 21 km (13 mi) to the SE | Philippines: 011 km N 04° E of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | |
Eruptions of Parker volcano
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.
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