United States · Fissure vent
Mariana Back-Arc Segment at 15.5°N
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 4100m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 2015
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Mariana Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 4100m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- 15.406, 144.506
- Last eruption
- 2015
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
Geological summary
The Mariana back-arc spreading segment centered at 15.5°N is part of a line of recently surveyed segments with anomalous hydrothermal plumes.
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 2013 – 2015
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (2013)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2013VEI 0Observed2013-02-13 – 2015-12-01Along a 10 km N-S line at 15.4°N
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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- Smithsonian GVP source page
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