GVP volcano 243130 · no holder yet
West Mata
West Mata is a submarine fissure vent 1,174 m under the Pacific, erupting as recently as 2009.
- Type
- Fissure vent(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,174 m below sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2009
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 2008
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.10°S 173.75°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Northeast Lau Basin Volcano Group, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243130
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).