Volos-Atalanti volcano
Updated: Aug 17, 2022 21:41 GMT - Refresh
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)
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 17, 2022 10:42 am (GMT +3) (Aug 17, 2022 07:42 GMT) | 1.5 18 km | 12 km (7.5 mi) 28 km southwest of Volos, Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece | ||
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 9, 2022 3:40 am (GMT +3) (Aug 9, 2022 00:40 GMT) | 1.8 8.1 km | 35 km (22 mi) 11 km southeast of Volos, Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece | ||
Saturday, August 6, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 6, 2022 7:28 am (GMT +3) (Aug 6, 2022 04:28 GMT) | 1.5 27 km | 22 km (14 mi) 14 km east of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece | ||
Friday, August 5, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 5, 2022 11:59 pm (GMT +3) (Aug 5, 2022 20:59 GMT) | 1.3 9.7 km | 18 km (11 mi) Greece: 8 Km SSE From Pelasgia | ||
Thursday, August 4, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 4, 2022 9:35 am (GMT +3) (Aug 4, 2022 06:35 GMT) | 2.4 10 km | 19 km (12 mi) Aegean Sea, 22 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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