Volos-Atalanti volcano
Volcanic field 900 m / 2953 ft
Greece, 39.03°N / 22.8°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Greece, 39.03°N / 22.8°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Volos-Atalanti volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Fri, 30 Jul 2021 (GMT) (3 earthquakes) | ||||
| 30 Jul 2021 11:07:18 GMT | 1.8 27 km | 27 km (17 mi) 17 km north of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece | ||
| 30 Jul 2021 02:12:23 GMT | 1.5 18 km | 47 km (29 mi) 27 km south of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece | ||
| 30 Jul 2021 01:20:47 GMT | 1.2 19 km | 24 km (15 mi) Greece: 9 Km NW From Istiaia | ||
| Wed, 28 Jul 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
| 28 Jul 2021 09:59:15 GMT | 2.3 16 km | 48 km (30 mi) Phthiotis, 20 km north of Livadeia, Nomos Voiotias, Central Greece | ||
| Mon, 26 Jul 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
| 26 Jul 2021 21:58:16 GMT | 1.6 3.4 km | 22 km (14 mi) Aegean Sea, 30 km south of Volos, Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece | ||
Background
The Volos-Atalanti (also known as Volos-Evia) area contains a number of small monogenetic Pliocene to Pleistocene lava flows, cones, and domes. The largest lava outcropping, which originated from the Migoula cone, is about 0.2 km3 in volume and 6-7 km long (Innocenti et al., 2010). The volcanic products are generally basaltic trachyandesitic (Innocenti et al., 2010). The lava flows at Porphyrion and Microthivai date to about 1.6-1.3 Ma. The Toumbanos Hills lava dome, near Achilleion, dates to about 3.4-2.7 Ma. In the Atalanti channel, the cones and lava flows of the Likhades Islands date to about 0.5 Ma, as does a lava flow at Kammena Vourla on the Greek coast (Innocenti et al., 2010). K-Ar dates from Fytikas et al. (1984) range from 3.0-0.5 Ma. Volos-Evia is believed to lie on the westward extension of the North Anatolian Fault, rather than the Hellenic Arc (Innocenti et al., 2010).---
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