Mexico · Fissure vent
Northern EPR-Segment RO3
Northern EPR at 16°N
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 2300m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- -50
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Eastern Pacific / Northern East Pacific Rise Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2300m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- 15.830, -105.430
- Last eruption
- -50
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
This second-order segment of the northern East Pacific Rise, also called Segment RO3, lies between the Orozco and Rivera transform faults, immediately north of the Orozco transform.
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
- 50 BCE (±1000 yrs) – 50 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (50 BCE)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 50 BCE (±1000 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate50 BCE – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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