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Mbareke volcano

Updated: Aug 17, 2022 23:44 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano 500 m / 1640 ft
Solomon Islands, -8.55°S / 158.07°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Mbareke 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

The Pliocene to Pleistocene Mbareke volcanic center consists of a core of basaltic andesite to andesite lavas and breccias overlain by a thick pile of olivine basalt lavas. An andesitic plug lies on the southern rim of the dissected summit crater.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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