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Curacoa volcano

Curacoa

Tipe: Gunung api kompleks
Ketinggian: 33 m (bawah laut)
Letusan terakhir: 1979

A raft of floating pumice from a July 1973 submarine eruption behind the wake of a ship. This was the first report of an eruption from the Curacoa submarine volcano in the northern Tonga Islands. The pumice raft covered an area of more than 100 km2 and was encountered by a ship 200 km to the W nearly two weeks after the start of the eruption. Another eruption was observed in the same general area in 1979. — A raft of floating pumice from a July 1973 submarine eruption behind the wake of a ship. This was the first report of an eruption from the Curacoa submarine volcano in the northern Tonga Islands. The pumice raft covered an area of more than 100 km2 and was encountered by a ship 200 km to the W nearly two weeks after the start of the eruption. Another eruption was observed in the same general area in 1979. · Foto: Photo by the crew of the vessel "Port Nicholson," 1973 (courtesy of Tom Simkin, Smithsonian Institution).

Tipe: Gunung api kompleks
Negara: Tonga
Wilayah: Tonga & Kermadec / Tofua Volcanic Arc
Ketinggian: 33 m (bawah laut)
Koordinat: -15.620, -173.670
Letusan terakhir: 1979
Kondisi tektonik: Zona subduksi / Kerak samudra (< 15 km)
Bentuk lahan: Komposit
Batuan utama: Dasit

Ringkasan geologi

Teks asli bahasa Inggris

A submarine volcano south of Curacoa Reef at the northern end of the Tofua volcanic arc was first observed in eruption in 1973.

Kutipan dari Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Baca ringkasan lengkap di GVP →

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Ringkasan Inggris

Curacoa is a submarine volcano located south of the Curacoa Reef in northern Tonga.

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Riwayat letusan

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Ringkasan catatan

Letusan terkonfirmasi: 2
Letusan tidak pasti: 0
Rentang catatan terkonfirmasi: 1973 – 1979
Letusan terkonfirmasi terbesar: VEI 3 (1973)
Letusan terkonfirmasi sejak 1900: 2

Ringkasan (VEI dari waktu ke waktu)

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Garis waktu rinci

1979VEI 1Teramati
1979-05-14 – akhir tidak diketahui
13 km north of Tafahi
1973VEI 3Teramati
1973-07-11 – 1973-07-16
6.4 km SW of Curacoa Reef

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