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Didica Volcano

Didicas

Compound volcano · Philippines · 228m

Didicas volcano, 22 km NE of Camiguin Island, was a submarine volcano prior to becoming a permanent island in 1952. The first recorded submarine eruption of Didicas was in 1773. A 400-m-wide crater formed during the 1952 eruption, and two eruptions have occurred since then at a crater on the northern side of the island.
Didicas volcano, 22 km NE of Camiguin Island, was a submarine volcano prior to becoming a permanent island in 1952. The first recorded submarine eruption of Didicas was in 1773. A 400-m-wide crater formed during the 1952 eruption, and two eruptions have occurred since then at a crater on the northern side of the island. · Photo: Photo courtesy of PHIVOLCS. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Compound volcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific / Luzon Volcanic Arc
Elevation
228m
Coordinates
19.077, 122.202
Last eruption
1978
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Didicas, 22 km NE of Camiguin Island in the Babuyanes Islands north of Luzon, was a submarine volcano prior to 1952, when a permanent island was formed. It now consists of an andesitic lava dome about 200 m above sea level and 1.4 km in longest exposed dimension. A 400-m-wide crater was formed during the 1952 eruption. The first certain submarine eruption began in 1856, building a subaerial cone that reached a height of over 200 m in 1860, but soon was eroded beneath the sea. Three rock masses up to 82 m high were left after an eruption in 1900. Two eruptions have occurred since 1952 at an explosion crater on the northern side of the island.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1773~1794 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11855~1876 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21896~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01937~1958 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21958~1978 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 217731814187619171958

Detailed timeline

  1. 1978VEI 2Observed
    1978-01-06 – 1978-01-09
    NNE side
  2. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-03-21 – 1969-06-16
    North side
  3. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-03-16 – 1953-07-02
  4. 1900VEI 0Observed
    1900-07-02 – Ongoing
  5. 1856VEI 2Observed
    1856-09-30 – 1860-10-16
  6. 1773VEI 1Observed
    1773-10 – Ongoing

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