GVP volcano 334120 · no holder yet
Southern EPR at 17.5°S (Segment K)
Southern EPR at 17.5°S (Segment K) is a submarine fissure vent 2,566 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1990.
- Type
- Fissure vent(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,566 m below sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1990
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1990
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.44°S 113.21°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Southern East Pacific Rise Volcanic Province, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 334120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).