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Kenger Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 04:44 GMT -
cinder cone 745 m
Turkey, 38.62°N / 28.43°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

The Kenger volcano belongs to the fault system that created also the Kula cinder cones in western Turkey.

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Typical eruption style: explosive
Kenger volcano eruptions: none in historic times

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 28, 11:53 am (Istanbul)
Mar 28, 08:53 GMT
1.3

7 km
28 km (17 mi) to the S Turkey, 9.3 km west of Philadelphia, Manisa Info
Mar 28, 11:52 am (Istanbul)
Mar 28, 08:52 GMT
1.2

7 km
27 km (17 mi) to the S Turkey: Alaşehir (Manisa) Info
Saturday, March 23, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 23, 10:03 pm (Istanbul)
Mar 23, 19:03 GMT
0.8

7.1 km
26 km (16 mi) to the S Turkey: Alaşehir (Manisa) Info

Background

The area consists of a broad area of Quaternary alkaline basanitic-to-phonotephritic cinder cones along a roughly E-W-trending line SW. Most of the volcanoes are Pleistocene in age, between about 1.1 million and 10,000 years old. The initial stage produced lava flows from vents along the ring fracture of caldera identified from satellite images. The second and third stages took place along an E-W-trending graben and produced lava flows with ultramafic xenoliths. Although activity was considered to have continued until the beginning of the Holocene, or even to historical times (?), the age of the most recent eruption from the Kula field and Kenger cinder cones & lava flow is not known.

Latest satellite images

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