Moua Pihaa
Stratovulcano · France · 312 m (sottomarino)
- Tipo
- Stratovulcano
- Paese
- France
- Regione
- Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group
- Altitudine
- 312 m (sottomarino)
- Coordinate
- -18.325, -148.525
- Ultima eruzione
- 1970
- Contesto tettonico
- Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- Composite
- Roccia principale
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
Sintesi geologica
Moua Pihaa is a massive, steep-sided submarine volcano that rises to within 160 m of the ocean surface SW of Mehetia Island. It is the largest of a group of seamounts along the Society Island hot spot chain near Mehetia and Tahiti Islands and rises 3,500 m above the seafloor. It displayed seismicity in 1969 and 1970 considered to have been related to submarine eruptions (Talandier and Custer, 1976).
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in ingleseMoua Pihaa is a submarine volcano in French Polynesia. It is located southwest of Mehetia in the Society Islands, and is the largest of a group of seamounts stretching between Mehetia and Tahiti. The volcano's summit is 160m below sea level.
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Storia delle eruzioni
Cronologia dettagliata
- 1970VEI 0Osservata1970-06-21 – 1970-06-23
- 1969VEI 0Osservata1969-04-22 – 1969-04-29
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