Mexico · Shield volcano
Socorro Island
Socorro
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 1050m
- Last eruption
- 1994
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Eastern Pacific / Mathematicians Ridge Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1050m
- Coordinates
- 18.780, -110.950
- Last eruption
- 1994
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
Geological summary
Socorro, the SE-most of the Revillagigedo Islands south of Baja California, is the summit of a massive, predominately submarine basaltic shield volcano capped by a largely buried, 4.5 x 3.8-km-wide summit caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Socorro Island is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km, with an area of 132 km2 (51 sq mi). It is the largest of the four islands of the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The last eruption was in 1993.
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Eruption history
6 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 3
- Span of confirmed record
- 3090 BCE (±500 yrs) – 1994
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1951)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 2
Detailed timeline
- 1993VEI 0Observed1993-01-29 – 1994-02-24Submarine vent 3 km W of Punta Tosca
- 1951VEI 2Observed1951-05-22 – 1951-05-22SW flank (west of Lomas Coloradas)
- 1905VEI 2Method not stated1905-01-16 – end unknown
- 1896VEI 2Method not stated1896-07-02 – end unknown
- 1848VEI 2Method not stated1848-07-02 – end unknown
- 3090 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate3090 BCE – end unknownLower SW flank (near Bahia Braithwaite)
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