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Mount Hibok-Hibok

Camiguin

Stratovolcano · Philippines · 1552m

Mt. Vulcan (left) and Hibok-Hibok (right) are two historically active lava domes on Camiguin Island. These two domes were active in the 19th and 20th centuries, with Mt. Vulcan forming in 1871. Several historical eruptions have occurred at Hibok-Hibok with the most recent during 1948-1953, when pyroclastic flows devastated island villages. The 20-km-long Camiguin Island lies just off the coast of north-central Mindanao Island and consists of four overlapping volcanoes and flank lava domes.
Mt. Vulcan (left) and Hibok-Hibok (right) are two historically active lava domes on Camiguin Island. These two domes were active in the 19th and 20th centuries, with Mt. Vulcan forming in 1871. Several historical eruptions have occurred at Hibok-Hibok with the most recent during 1948-1953, when pyroclastic flows devastated island villages. The 20-km-long Camiguin Island lies just off the coast of north-central Mindanao Island and consists of four overlapping volcanoes and flank lava domes. · Photo: Photo by Juny La Putt, 2002. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific Volcanic Regions / Mindanao Volcanic Province
Elevation
1552m
Coordinates
9.203, 124.673
Last eruption
1953
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The 20-km-long Camiguin Island just off the coast of north-central Mindanao Island consists of four overlapping stratovolcanoes overlying older buried edifices. Mt. Mambajao, the high point of the island, has a youthful morphology with summit and flank lava domes, one of which partially fills a crater breached to the NW. The eroded stratovolcanoes of Mt. Butay and Mt. Ginsiliban form the SE tip of the island and lie at one end of the NNW-SSE trending line of vents cutting across the island. The Binone cinder cone lies along the SE coast. The youngest volcano, Hibok-Hibok (also known as Catarman), lies at the NW end of the island ~6 km NW of Mt. Mambajao. This andesitic-to-rhyolitic volcano contains several lava domes, including Mt. Vulcan on its NW flank. Major eruptions from Hibok-Hibok during 1871-75 and 1948-53 formed flank lava domes and produced pyroclastic flows that devastated coastal villages.

From Wikipedia

Mount Hibok-Hibok is a stratovolcano on Camiguin Island in the Philippines. One of the active volcanoes in the country, it is part of the Pacific ring of fire.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1827~1839 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21851~1863 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21863~1875 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21936~1948 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 318271851188819121936

Detailed timeline

  1. 1948VEI 3Observed
    1948-09-01 – 1953-07-16
    Upper NE flank of Hibok-Hibok
  2. 1871VEI 2Observed
    1871-04-30 – 1875
    Lower NW flank of Hibok-Hibok (Mt. Vulcan)
  3. 1862VEI 2Observed
    1862 – Ongoing
    Hibok-Hibok
  4. 1827VEI 2Observed
    1827 – Ongoing
    Hibok-Hibok

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