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Sandal volcano

cinder cone 855 m
Turkey, 38.58°N / 28.55°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: explosive
Sandal volcano eruptions: none in historic times
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Tue, 18 Sep
Tue, 18 Sep 07:36 UTCM 1.5 / 24.3 km33 kmDELEMENLER-ALASEHIR (MANISA)
Thu, 13 Sep
Thu, 13 Sep 08:15 UTCM 1.540 kmKARAAGAC-GORDES (MANISA)
Wed, 5 Sep
Wed, 5 Sep 05:06 UTCM 2.3 / 6.5 km42 kmKAYACIK-GORDES (MANISA)
Sun, 26 Aug
Sun, 26 Aug 23:16 UTCM 2.4 / 8.6 km30 kmKURTTUTAN-SALIHLI (MANISA)
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The Sandal volcano belongs to the Kula volcanic area.

Background:

It is part of the most western part of Turkey´s volcanism. There have been alkaline-basanitic-to-phonotephritic eruptions of Strombolian style in the Holocene until +- 10-000-35.000 years before.


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