Aegina Volcano
Updated: Nov 11, 2024 15:51 GMT -
Volcanic field 530 m / 1739 ft
Saronic Gulf, Greece, 37.75°N / 23.5°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Saronic Gulf, Greece, 37.75°N / 23.5°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Aegina 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 | |||
Nov 5, 01:50 pm (Athens) | 2.7 9 km | 25 km (16 mi) to the E | Southern Greece I FELT IT | Info | |
Sunday, November 3, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Nov 3, 04:31 pm (Athens) | 2.7 3 km | 29 km (18 mi) to the SE | Southern Greece | Info | |
Saturday, November 2, 2024 GMT (4 quakes) | |||||
Nov 3, 01:48 am (Athens) | 1.0 11 km | Nomos Piraios, 33 km southwest of Athens, Nomarchia Athinas, Attica, Greece | Info | ||
Nov 3, 12:18 am (Athens) | 1.3 9.7 km | 13 km (7.9 mi) to the E | Aegean Sea, 13 km east of Aegina Island, Attica, Greece | Info | |
Nov 2, 10:32 pm (Athens) | 1.1 14 km | Aegean Sea, 12 km northwest of Aegina Island, Attica, Greece | Info | ||
Nov 2, 09:49 pm (Athens) | 1.2 11 km | Nomos Piraios, 48 km south of Piraeus, Attica, Greece | Info |
Background
Aegina is part of the Saronic Gulf Volcanic Group, in the Hellenic Volcanic Arc. The complex consists of domes and lava flows erupted from effusive monogenetic centers with low eruption rates (0.4 km3/m.y. at Aegina) (D'Alessandro et al., 2008). Activity took place between 4.7 and 2.0 Ma, during the first part of which mostly basaltic-andesitic to rhyodacitic rocks were produced. The remaining 1 m.y. of its activity produced basaltic-andesitic rocks (D'Alessandro et al., 2008; Francalanci et al., 2007). Volcanic activity had ceased in the upper Pleistocene, but a low-temperature geothermal field presently exists (Keller, 1971; Francalanci et al., 2007).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Aegina Volcano Photos
A map of the volcanic island of Aegina near Athens. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Eastern coast with view to Aegina (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View towards Aegina (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Small lava domes in western Methana and in the background the volcano Oros on Aegina island. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)