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Rumble IV Seamount

Rumble IV

Stratovolcano · New Zealand · 500m (submarine)

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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
New Zealand
Region
Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions / Southern Kermadec Volcanic Arc
Elevation
500m (submarine)
Coordinates
-36.130, 178.050
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The submarine Rumble IV volcano was thought to have been active from April to December 1966, based on hydrophone signals (Kibblewhite, 1967), but later evidence indicated that the hydrophone array had been damaged and the signals originated from Rumble III (Hall, 1985). Fresh, glassy andesitic lava was dredged from the summit in 1992 during a New Zealand Oceanographic Institute cruise, and gas bubbles were acoustically detected rising from Rumble IV.

Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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