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Babuyan Claro

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1064m
Last eruption
1924
Babuyan Claro
Photo: Alexander Altenhof (KaterBegemot) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific / Luzon Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1064m
Coordinates
19.524, 121.950
Last eruption
1924
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Multiple Quaternary volcanic centers occupy Babuyan de Claro Island north of Luzon. The largest edifice is Babuyan Claro (Mount Pangasun) at the center of the island, a stratovolcano with a 500-m-diameter summit crater and a smaller crater on the upper E flank.

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From Wikipedia

Babuyan Claro Volcano, also known as Mount Pangasun, is an active volcano located on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands in Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is classified as one of the active volcanoes of the country with the last confirmed eruption in 1860.

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Eruption history

8 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
7
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
1652 – 1924
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1652)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
5
Summary (VEI over time)
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1652~1679 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31842~1870 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21897~1924 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 216521706178818421897

Detailed timeline

  1. 1924VEI 2Observed
    1924-07-02 – end unknown
    Smith volcano
  2. 1919VEI 2Observed
    1919-05-16 – end unknown
    Smith volcano
  3. 1918VEI 2Observed
    1918-05-17 – 1918-05-19
    Smith volcano
  4. 1917VEI 2Observed
    1917-07-02 – end unknown
    Smith volcano
  5. 1913VEI 2Method not stated
    1913-07-02 – end unknown
    Babuyan Claro
  6. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-07-02 – end unknown
    Smith volcano
  7. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860-07-02 – end unknown
    Babuyan Claro
  8. 1652VEI 3Observed
    1652 – end unknown
    Smith volcano

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