GVP volcano 282010 · no holder yet
Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima
Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima is a submarine stratovolcano 200 m under the East China Sea, last erupted in 1924.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 200 m below sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1924
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1924
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 24.57°N 123.93°E · The East China Sea
- Region
- Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).