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Home Reef

Estratovolcán · Tonga · 10 m (submarino)

A partially eroded pumice cone formed during an eruption that began on 7 August 2006 is seen from the N on 18 December. By the end of the year, wave erosion had destroyed the cone. Floating dacite pumice from this eruption traveled as far as Australia. Home Reef, a submarine volcano midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands, was first reported active in the mid-19th century, when an ephemeral island formed.
A partially eroded pumice cone formed during an eruption that began on 7 August 2006 is seen from the N on 18 December. By the end of the year, wave erosion had destroyed the cone. Floating dacite pumice from this eruption traveled as far as Australia. Home Reef, a submarine volcano midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands, was first reported active in the mid-19th century, when an ephemeral island formed. · Foto: Photo courtesy of Royal New Zealand Air Force and Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 2006. · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Tonga
Región
Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions / Tofua Volcanic Arc
Altitud
10 m (submarino)
Coordenadas
-18.992, -174.775
Última erupción
2026
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Dacite
Resumen geológico

Home Reef, a submarine volcano midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands, was first reported active in the mid-19th century, when an ephemeral island formed. An eruption in 1984 produced a 12-km-high eruption plume, large amounts of floating pumice, and an ephemeral 500 x 1,500 m island, with cliffs 30-50 m high that enclosed a water-filled crater. In 2006 an island-forming eruption produced widespread dacitic pumice rafts that drifted as far as Australia. Another island was built during a September-October 2022 eruption.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Resumen en inglés

Home Reef is a volcanic island atop a submarine volcano in Tonga. It is located southwest of Vava'u, between the islands of Kao and Late along the Tofua volcanic arc. The island is ephemeral, and has been repeatedly built and eroded by successive eruptions in 1852, 1857, 1984, 2006, 2022, and 2023.

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Historial de erupciones

Resumen (VEI en el tiempo)
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1852~1869 · 2 erupciones · VEI máx. 21973~1990 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 31990~2008 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 22008~2025 · 5 erupciones · VEI máx. 218521887193919732008

Línea de tiempo detallada

  1. 2025VEI ?Observado
    2025-12-17 – 2026-03-20
  2. 2024VEI 1Observado
    2024-06-10 – 2024-07-04
  3. 2024VEI 2Observado
    2024-12-04 – 2025-06-29
  4. 2023VEI 1Observado
    2023-10-12 – 2023-10-19
  5. 2022VEI 2Observado
    2022-09-10 – 2022-10-17
  6. 2006VEI 2Observado
    2006-08-07 – 2006-08-16
  7. 1984VEI 3Observado
    1984-03-01 – 1984-03-05
  8. 1857VEI 2Estimación geológica
    1857 – En curso
  9. 1852VEI 2Observado
    1852 – En curso

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