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Campi Flegrei Mar Sicilia

Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
8m (submarine)
Last eruption
1867
Campi Flegrei Mar Sicilia
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Type
Volcanic field
Country
Italy
Region
Europe / Sicily Volcanic Province
Elevation
8m (submarine)
Coordinates
37.100, 12.700
Last eruption
1867
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite

Geological summary

Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia (Phlegraean Fields of the Sicily Sea) is composed of a group of submarine volcanoes SW of Sicily.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia is a field of submarine volcanoes located south-west of Sicily. It includes the vent of Ferdinandea, otherwise known as Graham Island, which erupted and emerged above sea level in 1831, and encompasses a larger volcano known as Empedocles. The last recorded eruption was in 1867, from a vent named Pinne. There was mild seismic unrest at Ferdinandea in 2000–2002. At its highest, Campi Flegrei comes to 8 meters below sea level.

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Eruption history

8 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
6
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
253 BCE (±12 yrs) – 1867
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1831)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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253 BCE~56 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1518~1714 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21714~1911 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 3253 BCE33773113211714

Detailed timeline

  1. 1911VEI 1Method not stated
    1911-09-30 – end unknown
    Pinne
  2. 1867VEI 0Observed
    1867-07-02 – end unknown
    Pinne
  3. 1863VEI 2Observed
    1863-08-12 – end unknown
    Giulia Ferdinandeo
  4. 1846VEI 2Observed
    1846-10-04 – 1846-10-05
    Pinne
  5. 1831VEI 3Observed
    1831-06-28 – 1831-08-11
    Giulia Ferdinandeo (Graham Island)
  6. 1701VEI 2Method not stated
    1701 – end unknown
    Giulia Ferdinandeo
  7. 1632VEI 0Observed
    1632 – end unknown
    Giulia Ferdinandeo
  8. 253 BCE (±12 yrs)VEI ?Observed
    253 BCE – end unknown

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