Kapenga Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 00:08 GMT -
Caldera(s) 840 m / 2756 ft
New Zealand, -38.27°S / 176.27°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -38.27°S / 176.27°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kapenga volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 19, 02:08 pm (Auckland) | 2.3 156 km |  4.8 km northwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | Info | ||
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 17, 10:30 pm (Auckland) | 2.4 110 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
| Monday, April 15, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 15, 09:59 pm (Auckland) | 2.4 136 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
| Saturday, April 13, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 13, 08:52 pm (Auckland) | 2.6 164 km | 17 km (10.6 mi) to the SE | New Zealand | Info | |
| Friday, April 12, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 12, 09:44 pm (Auckland) | 3.0 129 km | 24 km (15 mi) to the NE | New Zealand | Info | |
| Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 11, 05:00 pm (Auckland) | 2.4 75 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
Background
The Kapenga volcanic center was active from sometime between 890 to 710 thousand years ago (ka) and again from about 280 to 270 ka and contains two collapse structures and rhyolitic lava domes (Wilson et al. 1984, Houghton et al. 1995). The NE center, previously considered part of the Okataina center, contains numerous pre-50 ka rhyolitic domes and was the source of the ca. 65 ka Earthquake Flat Breccia. No eruptive activity is known from the Holocene.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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