Francia · Estratovolcán
Moua Pihaa
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- Altitud
- 312 m (submarino)
- Última erupción
- 1970
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- País
- Francia
- Región
- Pacífico Sur / Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group
- Altitud
- 312 m (submarino)
- Coordenadas
- -18.325, -148.525
- Última erupción
- 1970
- Contexto tectónico
- Intraplaca / Corteza oceánica (< 15 km)
- Forma volcánica
- Compuesto
- Roca principal
- Traquibasalto / Tefrita basanita
Resumen geológico
Moua Pihaa is a massive, steep-sided submarine volcano that rises to within 160 m of the ocean surface SW of Mehetia Island. It is the largest of a group of seamounts along the Society Island hot spot chain near Mehetia and Tahiti Islands and rises 3,500 m above the seafloor. It displayed seismicity in 1969 and 1970 considered to have been related to submarine eruptions (Talandier and Custer, 1976).
Resumen de Wikipedia
Resumen en inglésMoua Pihaa is a submarine volcano in French Polynesia. It is located southwest of Mehetia in the Society Islands, and is the largest of a group of seamounts stretching between Mehetia and Tahiti. The volcano's summit is 160m below sea level.
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Historial de erupciones
2 registradasGlosarioLínea de tiempo detallada
- 1970VEI 0Observado1970-06-21 – 1970-06-23
- 1969VEI 0Observado1969-04-22 – 1969-04-29
Volcanes cercanos
Enlaces externos
⚠ Solo como referencia. No apto para respuesta ante emergencias.