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Sandal volcano

cinder cone 855 m
Turkey, 38.58°N / 28.55°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Typical eruption style: explosive
Sandal volcano eruptions: none in historic times
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Thu, 15 Jun
Thu, 15 Jun 17:15 UTCM 2.3 / 7.7 km30 kmHORZUMKESERLER-ALASEHIR (MANISA)
Wed, 7 Jun
Wed, 7 Jun 18:48 UTCM 1.9 / 2.6 km16 kmKEMALIYE-ALASEHIR (MANISA)
Wed, 31 May
Wed, 31 May 04:39 UTCM 1.8 / 5.5 km29 kmEVRENLI-ALASEHIR (MANISA)
Sun, 28 May
Sun, 28 May 21:11 UTCM 1.5 / 20.2 km28 kmBEYPINAR-SELENDI (MANISA)
Sun, 28 May 20:30 UTCM 2.1 / 9.8 km31 kmTEPE-GORDES (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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