Valle Nuevo volcano
Updated: Aug 17, 2022 03:11 GMT - Refresh
Volcanic field unknown
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Valle Nuevo 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 10, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 10, 2022 1:39 pm (GMT -4) (Aug 10, 2022 17:39 GMT) | 3.0 14 km | 36 km (22 mi) Haiti, 28 km northeast of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic | ||
Background
The Valle Nuevo volcanic field, north of the San Juan Los Pozos fault, consists of late-Pliocene to late-Pleistocene age contains rocks of rhyolitic-to-basaltic composition (Wadge and Wooden, 1982).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS
