Palinuro volcano
Updated: Mar 27, 2023 06:10 GMT -
Submarine caldera -70 m / -230 ft
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, 39.48°N / 14.83°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, 39.48°N / 14.83°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Palinuro is a seamount in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of the Eolian Islands. It rises nearly 3000 m to within 70 m of the sea surface and has a horseshoe-shaped summit caldera. Marine and on-land ash deposits dated to approx. 10,000 years ago are believed to be from eruptions of Palinuro volcano.
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Palinuro volcano eruptions: approx. 10,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Saturday, March 25, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Mar 25, 2023 2:15 pm (GMT +1) (Mar 25, 2023 13:15 GMT) | 2.0 2 km | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy | ||
Background
A marine ash layer (PL-1) radiocarbon dated (calibrated age) at 9990 +/- 90 years ago is chemically and stratigraphically similiar to two ash layers of similar composition onland in southern Italy and was tentatively correlated to the Palinuro seamount activity (Siani et al., 2004).
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