Loolmalasin volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 15:03 GMT - Refresh

Unknown 3627 m / 11900 ft
Tanzania, -3.05°S / 35.82°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Loolmalasin volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

A lava flow, possibly from Loolmalasin, was K-Ar dated at about 1.19 million years (Dawson, 1992).
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