GVP volcano 284305 · no holder yet
Mariana Back-Arc Segment at 15.5°N
Mariana Back-Arc Segment at 15.5°N is a submarine fissure vent 4,100 m under the Philippine Sea, erupting as recently as 2015.
- Type
- Fissure vent (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 4,100 m below sea level
- Rock
- not recorded
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2015
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 2013
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.41°N 144.51°E · The Philippine Sea
- Region
- Mariana Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284305
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow USGS Volcano Hazards Program.