Indonesia · Stratovolcano
Mount Egon
Egon
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1661m
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1661m
- Coordinates
- -8.676, 122.455
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Gunung Egon, also known as Namang, sits within the narrow section of eastern Flores Island. The barren, sparsely vegetated summit region has a 350-m-wide, 200-m-deep crater that sometimes contains a lake.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Egon is a stratovolcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia in the area of Maumere bay. A landslide during the eruption on 29 January 2004 forced 6,000 people to evacuate the area. Activity of Gunung Egon on 15 April 2008 forced thousands of people to evacuate. Quakes and fumes from the volcano have been occurring since November 2010, designating Egon as one of 11 volcanoes in Indonesia on the highest level alert.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 2004 – 2008
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (2008, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 4
Detailed timeline
- 2008VEI 2Observed2008-04-15 – 2008-04-28
- 2005VEI 1Observed2005-02-06 – 2005-02-27Summit and southern flank
- 2004VEI 1Observed2004-01-29 – 2004-02-05
- 2004VEI 2Observed2004-07-03 – 2004-09-16
- 1888VEI 2Method not stated1888-07-02 – 1892-07-02
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