Parker Volcano
Updated: 29 mar. 2024 09:30 GMT -
stratovolcano 1824 m / 5,984 ft
Mindanao (Filippine), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Mindanao (Filippine), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 12 dic 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Parker volcano (also known as Falen locally) is a low, but steep-sided vegetated stratovolcano located 30 km west of General Santos City, near the southern tip of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
The andesitic-dacitic volcano contains a 2.9 km diameter summit caldera with a lake, Lake Maughan (2 km diameter).
Parker was recently identified as the source of a major explosive eruption in 1641, which caused devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and heavy ash fall and darkness over Mindanao Island. The 1641 eruption was one of 3 large explosions of Parker volcano within the past 3800 years. It created the present-day summit caldera.
The eruption style of Parker volcano is similar to Pinatubo volcano, which had a Plinian eruption in 1991.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Parker: Dec 1640- Jan 1641 (plinian eruption), 1380 ± 75 years, 1920 BC ± 40 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
27 mar 18:26 (Manila) 27 mar 10:26 GMT | 2.0 27 km | 24 km a sud-est | Sarangani, Filippine, 28 km a sud ovest da General Santos City, Soccsksargen | Info | |
giovedì, 21 marzo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
22 mar 04:45 (Manila) 21 mar 20:45 GMT | 1.7 33 km | 25 km a nord ovest | Filippine, 27 km a sud ovest da Koronadal, South Cotabato, Soccsksargen | Info | |
martedì, 19 marzo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
19 mar 23:08 (Manila) 19 mar 15:08 GMT | 1.8 37 km | 28 km a sud | Celebes Sea, Filippine, 49 km a sud ovest da General Santos City, Soccsksargen | Info | |
domenica, 17 marzo 2024 GMT (2 sismi) | |||||
18 mar 00:08 (Manila) 17 mar 16:08 GMT | 2.4 13 km | 28 km a sud | Philippines: 006 Km N 80° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | |
18 mar 00:24 (Manila) 17 mar 16:24 GMT | 1.6 22 km | 26 km a sud | Philippines: 004 Km N 38° W of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | |
martedì, 26 marzo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
27 mar 03:40 (Manila) 26 mar 19:40 GMT | 1.5 35 km | 22 km a sud ovest | 013 km N 88° E of Kiamba (Sarangani) | Info |
Eruzioni del vulcano Parker
2002 earthquake & crater lake landslide
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.