Don Joao de Castro Bank vulcano
Submarine volcano -13 m / - 43 ft
Azores, Portugal, 38.23°N / -26.63°W
Stato attuale: normal or dormant (1 di 5)
Azores, Portugal, 38.23°N / -26.63°W
Stato attuale: normal or dormant (1 di 5)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Don Joao de Castro Bank: 1720
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza/Ubicazione | ||
| giovedì, 19 maggio 2022 GMT (1 sismo) | ||||
| 19 mag 2022 11:13 (GMT +0) (19 mag 2022 11:13 GMT) | 3.9 1 km | 28 km (17 mi) AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL | ||
| giovedì, 12 maggio 2022 GMT (1 sismo) | ||||
| 12 mag 2022 00:32 (GMT +0) (12 mag 2022 00:32 GMT) | 2.2 4 km | 26 km (16 mi) Portugal: SE Terceira (Castromar) | ||
| mercoledì, 11 maggio 2022 GMT (2 sismi) | ||||
| 11 mag 2022 20:53 (GMT +0) (11 mag 2022 20:53 GMT) | 2.5 | 26 km (16 mi) Portugal: SE Terceira | ||
| 11 mag 2022 01:15 (GMT +0) (11 mag 2022 01:15 GMT) | 2.0 | 20 km (12 mi) Portugal: SE Terceira | ||
Sfondo
Don Joao de Castro Bank is a large submarine volcano that rises to within 13 m of the sea surface roughly halfway between Terceira and San Miguel Islands. Pillow lavas form the base of the volcano, which is capped by basaltic hyaloclastites. A submarine eruption during December 1720 produced an ephemeral island that attained a length of 1.5 km and an altitude of about 250 m before it was eroded beneath the sea surface two years later. The volcano (also spelled Dom Joao de Castro) was named after the Portuguese hydrographic survey vessel that surveyed the bank in 1941. Two youthful parasitic craters, one tephra covered and the other sediment free, are located on the NW flank. The submarine volcano has an impressive shallow fumarole field and remains seismically active.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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