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Farallon de Pajaros

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
337m
Last eruption
1953
Farallon de Pajaros
Photo: Winfrey, US NAVY · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
United States
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Mariana Volcanic Arc
Elevation
337m
Coordinates
20.546, 144.893
Last eruption
1953
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The small 2-km-wide island of Farallon de Pajaros (also known as Uracas) is the northernmost and most active volcano of the Mariana Islands.

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

From Wikipedia

Farallón de Pájaros, also known as Urracas, is a small (2.3 km2) uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island and also farthest west in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.

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Eruption history

16 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
14
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1864 – 1953
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1952, the most recent of 11)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
11
Summary (VEI over time)
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1864~1873 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21873~1882 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21899~1908 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21908~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21917~1926 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21926~1934 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21934~1943 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 21943~1952 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 218641882190819261943

Detailed timeline

  1. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-10-26 – 1953-04-15
    Summit, east side
  2. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-08-16 – end unknown
  3. 1947VEI 0Observed
    1947-01-16 – end unknown
    North side
  4. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-07-02 – end unknown
    Summit, south side
  5. 1941VEI 1Observed
    1941-03-28 – end unknown
  6. 1939VEI 1Observed
    1939-07-02 – end unknown
    East side ?
  7. 1936VEI 1Observed
    1936-04-15 – end unknown
  8. 1934VEI ?Observed
    1934-07-02 – end unknown
  9. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-09-07 – 1932-10-07
    Summit, east side ?
  10. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-12-15 – end unknown
  11. 1925VEI 2Observed
    1925-07-02 – end unknown
  12. 1912VEI 2Observed
    1912-07-02 – end unknown
    North side ?
  13. 1901VEI 2Method not stated
    1901-01-16 – 1902-12-16
    Summit, east side
  14. 1876VEI 2Observed
    1876-01-01 – 1876-01-03
    Summit, NE side
  15. 1872VEI 2Observed
    1872-07-11 – end unknown
  16. 1864VEI 2Observed
    1864-01-07 – end unknown
    SW side

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