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Curacoa volcano

Curacoa

Volcán complejo · Tonga · 33 m (submarino)

A raft of floating pumice from a July 1973 submarine eruption behind the wake of a ship. This was the first report of an eruption from the Curacoa submarine volcano in the northern Tonga Islands. The pumice raft covered an area of more than 100 km2 and was encountered by a ship 200 km to the W nearly two weeks after the start of the eruption. Another eruption was observed in the same general area in 1979.
A raft of floating pumice from a July 1973 submarine eruption behind the wake of a ship. This was the first report of an eruption from the Curacoa submarine volcano in the northern Tonga Islands. The pumice raft covered an area of more than 100 km2 and was encountered by a ship 200 km to the W nearly two weeks after the start of the eruption. Another eruption was observed in the same general area in 1979. · Foto: Photo by the crew of the vessel "Port Nicholson," 1973 (courtesy of Tom Simkin, Smithsonian Institution).
Tipo
Volcán complejo
País
Tonga
Región
Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions / Tofua Volcanic Arc
Altitud
33 m (submarino)
Coordenadas
-15.620, -173.670
Última erupción
1979
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Dacite
Resumen geológico

A submarine volcano south of Curacoa Reef at the northern end of the Tofua volcanic arc was first observed in eruption in 1973. Explosive eruptions, which produced large rafts of dacitic pumice, covering an area of more than 100 km2, were observed from the island of Tafahi, 27 km SSW. The eruption site was located about 6.5 km SW of Curacoa Reef. Multiple submarine vents are apparently located in this area; a second eruption was reported in 1979 from a location 13 km N of Tafahi.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Resumen en inglés

Curacoa is a submarine volcano located south of the Curacoa Reef in northern Tonga. The reef is 24km North of Tafahi in the Niua Islands. Eruptions were observed in 1973 and 1979 from two separate vents. The 1973 eruption produced a large raft of dacitic pumice, and had a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 3.

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Historial de erupciones

Resumen (VEI en el tiempo)
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1973~1974 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 31978~1979 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. 119731974197619771978

Línea de tiempo detallada

  1. 1979VEI 1Observado
    1979-05-14 – En curso
    13 km north of Tafahi
  2. 1973VEI 3Observado
    1973-07-11 – 1973-07-16
    6.4 km SW of Curacoa Reef

Enlaces externos

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