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Raja volcano

Updated: Aug 17, 2022 22:12 GMT - Refresh

Unknown 1643 m / 5390 ft
Indonesia, -4.83°S / 104.08°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Raja volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 17, 2022 12:38 pm (GMT +7) (Aug 17, 2022 05:38 GMT)	4.6 62 km	131 km (81 mi) Indian Ocean, 143 km southeast of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

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Background

Raja volcano, located north of Ranau Lake, was mapped as a morphologically youthful volcano of likely late Pleistocene age (Sieh and Natawidjaja, 2000).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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