Indonesia · Stratovulcano
Karangetang
- Tipo
- Stratovulcano
- Altitudine
- 1797 m
- Ultima eruzione
- 2023

- Tipo
- Stratovulcano
- Paese
- Indonesia
- Regione
- Pacifico occidentale / Sangihe Volcanic Arc
- Altitudine
- 1797 m
- Coordinate
- 2.781, 125.407
- Ultima eruzione
- 2023
- Contesto tettonico
- Zona di subduzione / Crosta oceanica (< 15 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- Composito
- Roccia principale
- Andesite / Andesite basaltica
Sintesi geologica
Karangetang (Api Siau) volcano lies at the northern end of the island of Siau, about 125 km NNE of the NE-most point of Sulawesi. The stratovolcano contains five summit craters along a N-S line. It is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, with more than 40 eruptions recorded since 1675 and many additional small eruptions that were not documented (Neumann van Padang, 1951). Twentieth-century eruptions have included frequent explosive activity sometimes accompanied by pyroclastic flows and lahars. Lava dome growth has occurred in the summit craters; collapse of lava flow fronts have produced pyroclastic flows.
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in ingleseKarangetang, also known as Api Siau is a volcano on the north side of Siau Island off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The island covers 160 km2, and had 46,459 inhabitants in mid 2023. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, having erupted 41 times since 1675. A pyroclastic flow in 1997 killed three people. Karangetang is the tallest mountain in offshore North Sulawesi, at 1827 meters above sea level.
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Storia delle eruzioni
62 registrateGlossarioCronologia dettagliata
- 2023VEI 0Osservata2023-02-08 – 2023-09-05Kawah Utama, Main Crater, South Crater
- 2022VEI ?Osservata2022-09-01 – 2022-10-15Kawah Dua (North Crater, Second Crater)
- 2021VEI 2Osservata2021-10-25 – 2022-01-10Uncertain which summit crater
- 2018VEI 1Osservata2018-02-02 – 2018-02-02?North Summit Crater
- 2018VEI 2Osservata2018-11-25 – 2021-01-30Kawah Dua (North Crater, Second Crater)
- 2018VEI 1Osservata2018-07-04 – 2018-07-04?Southern Crater
- 2017VEI ?Osservata2017-05-10 – 2017-05-10
- 2014VEI 2Osservata2014-02-09 – 2014-02-09
- 2014VEI 2Osservata2014-06-08 – 2016-03-15Main and second craters
- 2012VEI 2Osservata2012-05-14 – 2013-09-05Crater II
- 2011VEI 2Osservata2011-03-11 – 2011-08-13Crater I (S crater)
- 2010VEI 3Osservata2010-08-06 – 2010-12-16Crater I (S crater)
- 2008VEI 1Osservata2008-03-12 – 2008-03-12
- 2008VEI 2Osservata2008-11-29 – 2010-03-24
- 2006VEI 1Osservata2006-07-03 – 2007-10-16
- 2004VEI 2Osservata2004-04-02 – 2005-08-05
- 1999VEI 3Osservata1999-03-16 – 2003-10-28
- 1998VEI 1Osservata1998-07-05 – fine sconosciuta
- 1996VEI 1Osservata1996-10-01 – 1997-06-16
- 1995VEI 1Osservata1995-11-09 – 1995-12-17
- 1991VEI 2Osservata1991-07-02 – 1993-12-31
- 1989VEI 1Osservata1989-07-16 – 1989-07-16
- 1983VEI 3Osservata1983-05-16 – 1988-12-31Summit and SW flank (1443 m)
- 1982VEI 1Osservata1982-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1980VEI 1Osservata1980-03-24 – 1980-09-13
- 1979VEI 1Osservata1979-05-31 – 1979-05-31NNW flank, 1300 m (Kawah Maralebule)
- 1978VEI 1Osservata1978-02-22 – 1978-12-18
- 1976VEI 2Osservata1976-09-15 – 1977-09-16South flank (1100 m) and summit
- 1972VEI 3Osservata1972-01-16 – 1976-04-05
- 1970VEI 2Osservata1970-11-27 – 1971-03-16
- 1967VEI 2Osservata1967-11-29 – 1967-12-02
- 1965VEI 2Osservata1965-04-05 – 1967-06-16
- 1962VEI 2Osservata1962-01-29 – 1963-12-16
- 1961VEI 2Osservata1961-02-28 – 1961-04-16
- 1961VEI 2Osservata1961-10-09 – 1961-10-19
- 1953VEI 2Osservata1953-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1952VEI 2Osservata1952-02-16 – 1952-06-30Craters I, II and III
- 1949VEI 2Osservata1949-09-14 – fine sconosciuta
- 1948VEI 2Osservata1948-12-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1947VEI 2Osservata1947-02-09 – 1947-02-09
- 1947VEI 2Osservata1947-12-01 – 1947-12-21
- 1941VEI 2Osservata1941-10-30 – 1941-10-30
- 1940VEI 2Osservata1940-03-01 – 1940-03-09
- 1940VEI 2Osservata1940-06-20 – 1940-08-23
- 1935VEI 2Osservata1935-08-31 – fine sconosciuta
- 1930VEI 2Osservata1930-02-04 – 1930-02-06Crater IV
- 1930VEI 2Osservata1930-11-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1926VEI 2Osservata1926-10-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1924VEI 2Osservata1924-05-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1922VEI 2Osservata1922-05-04 – 1922-12-13Crater IV
- 1921VEI 2Osservata1921-03-16 – 1921-06-16Crater V
- 1905VEI 2Osservata1905-05-21 – 1905-05-22
- 1900VEI 2Osservata1900-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1899VEI 2Osservata1899-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1892VEI 2Osservata1892-06-14 – fine sconosciuta
- 1887VEI 2Osservata1887-05-27 – 1887-05-27
- 1886VEI 2Osservata1886-04-25 – 1886-06-19Crater III
- 1883VEI 2Osservata1883-08-25 – 1883-08-26Crater II?
- 1864VEI 2Osservata1864-06-06 – fine sconosciuta
- 1825VEI 2Osservata1825-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
- 1712VEI 2Osservata1712-01-16 – fine sconosciuta
- 1675VEI 3Osservata1675 – fine sconosciuta
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