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Albuquerque volcano

Updated: Aug 15, 2022 19:36 GMT - Refresh

Volcanic field 1800 m / 5906 ft
New Mexico, United States, 35.12°N / -106.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Albuquerque volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

The Albuquerque volcanic field was erupted along N-S fissures from about 0.17 to 0.7 million years ago, spatter cones and lava flows (Kudo, in Wood and Kienle 1990). Vulcan (or J) cone contains a lava dome split into two by an explosion crater.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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