Kapenga Volcano
Updated: May 14, 2024 06:20 GMT -
Caldera(s) 840 m / 2756 ft
New Zealand, -38.27°S / 176.27°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -38.27°S / 176.27°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kapenga volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
May 8, 08:22 pm (Auckland) | 3.4 236 km | 17 km (10.5 mi) to the SW | New Zealand I FELT IT | Info | |
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
May 7, 11:55 pm (Auckland) | 2.8 5 km | New Zealand I FELT IT | Info | ||
May 7, 03:09 pm (Auckland) | 3.5 165 km | 16 km (9.9 mi) to the SW | New Zealand I FELT IT | Info | |
Monday, May 6, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 6, 01:13 pm (Auckland) | 2.5 5 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
Sunday, May 5, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 6, 06:42 am (Auckland) | 2.8 157 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
Saturday, May 4, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 5, 02:35 am (Auckland) | 3.0 127 km | 11 km (7 mi) to the N | New Zealand | Info |
Background
The Kapenga volcanic center was active from sometime between 890 to 710 thousand years ago (ka) and again from about 280 to 270 ka and contains two collapse structures and rhyolitic lava domes (Wilson et al. 1984, Houghton et al. 1995). The NE center, previously considered part of the Okataina center, contains numerous pre-50 ka rhyolitic domes and was the source of the ca. 65 ka Earthquake Flat Breccia. No eruptive activity is known from the Holocene.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information