Genovesa volcano
Updated: Jul 7, 2022 02:37 GMT - Refresh
Shield volcano 64 m / 210 ft
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, 0.32°N / -89.96°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, 0.32°N / -89.96°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Genovesa volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Monday, July 4, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 5, 2022 6:41 am (GMT +9) (Jul 4, 2022 21:41 GMT) | 4.4 10 km | 15997 km (9940 mi) Molucca Sea, 133 km west of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia | ||
| Thursday, June 30, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 1, 2022 12:14 am (GMT +8) (Jun 30, 2022 16:14 GMT) | 4.3 120 km | 16275 km (10113 mi) Molucca Sea, 97 km southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia | ||
| Wednesday, June 29, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 29, 2022 1:10 pm (GMT +8) (Jun 29, 2022 05:10 GMT) | 3.5 185 km | 16490 km (10246 mi) 145 km west of Gorontalo, Indonesia | ||
| Monday, June 27, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 28, 2022 3:50 am (GMT +8) (Jun 27, 2022 19:50 GMT) | 3.7 22 km | 16084 km (9994 mi) Molucca Sea, 124 km southeast of Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia | ||
| Sunday, June 26, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 27, 2022 1:18 am (GMT +8) (Jun 26, 2022 17:18 GMT) | 3.5 27 km | 16199 km (10066 mi) Molucca Sea, 156 km east of Gorontalo, Indonesia | ||
Background
The small, very low island of Genovesa is the top of a shield volcano, whose summit is only 64 m high. The surface of a summit crater lake is near sea level. A larger, 2-km-wide excentric caldera on the south side forms an embayment that is filled by Darwin Bay. Sediment filling Arctulus Lake, a crater in the center of the island, is less than 6000 years old. Youthful flows erupted from flank fissures cover much of the island and very fresh, glassy spatter is found on the volcano's flank (Simkin 1976, pers. comm.). No historical eruptions are known from Genovesa, although the fresh-looking lava flows suggest a very youthful age. Basaltic rocks on the island are noted for their abundant coarse plagioclases.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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