Agrigan volcano
Stratovolcano 965 m / 3,166 ft
Mariana Islands, USA, 18.77°N / 145.67°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Mariana Islands, USA, 18.77°N / 145.67°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Last update: 25 ene 2013
Typical eruption style: sin especificar
Erupciones del volcán Agrigan: 1917
Typical eruption style: sin especificar
Erupciones del volcán Agrigan: 1917
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Profundidad | Distancia | Ubicación |
| Thu, 20 Dec | |||
| Thu, 20 Dec 15:32 UTC | M 4.5 / 242.4 km | 33 km | - 30km WNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands |
Background:
The highest of the Marianas arc volcanoes, Agrigan contains a 500-m-deep, flat-floored caldera. The elliptical island is 8 km long; its 965-m-high summit is the top of a massive 4000-m-high submarine volcano, the second largest in the Marianas Islands. Deep radial valley dissect the flanks of the thickly vegetated stratovolcano. The elongated caldera is 1 x 2 km wide and is breached to the NW, from where a prominent lava flow extends to the coast and forms a lava delta. The caldera floor is surfaced by fresh-looking lava flows and also contains two cones that may have formed during the volcano's only historical eruption in 1917. This eruption deposited large blocks and 3 m of ash and lapilli on a village on the SE coast, prompting its evacuation.---
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