Karasu Rift Volcano
Updated: 19 abr. 2024 10:50 GMT -
Volcanic field 486 m / 1594 ft
Turkey, 36.77°N / 36.6°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Turkey, 36.77°N / 36.6°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Erupciones del volcán Karasu Rift: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Prof. | Distancia / Ubicación | |||
| 14 abr 23:51 (Istanbul) | 2.5 7 km | 14 km al sur |  Turkey: Kırıkhan (Hatay) | Más | |
| sábado, 13 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 13 abr 14:40 (Istanbul) | 2.3 7 km | 20 km al norte | Turkey: İslahiye (Gaziantep) | Más | |
| domingo, 7 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 7 abr 08:36 (Istanbul) | 1.9 7 km | 28 km al suroeste | Turkey: KARAAGAC-ARSUZ (HATAY) | Más | |
| viernes, 5 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 5 abr 15:46 (Istanbul) | 2.3 10.4 km | 17 km al norte | Gaziantep, 31 km al sureste de Osmaniye, Osmaniye, Turquía | Más | |
| lunes, 8 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 8 abr 18:15 (Istanbul) | 1.8 7.3 km | 25 km al suroeste | Turkey: Kırıkhan (Hatay) | Más | |
| miércoles, 17 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 17 abr 09:53 (Istanbul) | 1.7 1.5 km | 23 km al suroeste | Turkey: TASOLUK-KIRIKHAN (HATAY) | Más | |
Background
The Quaternary basalts of the Karasu Rift form a belt covering an area 94 km long and 12-25 km wide (as revealed by boreholes) between Fevzipasa and north of Revhanli in the northern section of the rift (Rojay et al., 2001). Located near the far NE corner of the Mediterranean Sea, some of the lava field extends into Syria. One especially dark fresh-looking are of lava flows just east of the city of Hassa covers an area of about 140 km2 over a N-S distance of 20 km, and includes the low Küçükak Tepesi crater. Those flows almost surrounded the older lavas of Büyükak Tepe. K-Ar age dating by Rojay et al. (2001) on new samples showed five preiods of volcanism between 1.6 and 0.05 Ma.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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