GVP volcano 243102 · no holder yet
Curacoa
Curacoa is a submarine volcanic complex 33 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1979.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 33 m below sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1979
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1973
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.62°S 173.67°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Tofua Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243102
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).