São Jorge Volcano
Updated: 25 апр 2024 20:32 GMT -
fissure vents 1053 m
Azores Islands, Portugal, 38.66°N / -28.11°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Azores Islands, Portugal, 38.66°N / -28.11°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 25 дек 2023 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Aerial view of the volcanic ridge with aligned cinder cones in March 2022 (image: Eva K)
The linear São Jorge (San Jorge) Island is 54 km long and only 6 km wide. It was formed by fissure eruptions beginning in the eastern part of the island.
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São Jorge volcano eruptions: 1580, 1808
Latest nearby earthquakes
Время | Магнитуда / Глубина | Расстояние / Местоположение | |||
22 апр 09:16 (Azores) | 1.5 0 km | 15 km к востоку | Portugal: NE Norte Pequeno (S. Jorge) | Более | |
Пятница, 19 апреля 2024 GMT (1 земл.) | |||||
18 апр 23:03 (Azores) | 1.6 0 km | 9.9 km к западу | Portugal: S. Jorge | Более | |
Четверг, 18 апреля 2024 GMT (2 земл.) | |||||
18 апр 10:48 (Azores) | 1.5 0 km | 9.3 km к западу | Portugal: S. Jorge | Более | |
18 апр 04:20 (Azores) | 1.5 0 km | 11 km к западу | Portugal: S. Jorge | Более |
Background
The western two-thirds of dominantly basaltic San Jorge volcano contains youthful, fissure-fed lava flows resembling those on neighboring Pico Island. Subaerial lava flows issued from three locations above the south-central coast during 1580, producing lava flows that reached the sea.In 1808 a series of explosions took place from vents along the south-central crest of the island; one of these fed a lava flow that also reached the southern coast. Submarine eruptions were reported on several occasions from vents off the southern and SW coasts.
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Source: Smithsonian GVP