Mercury Islands Volcano
Updated: May 7, 2024 00:41 GMT -
Volcanic field 230 m / 755 ft
New Zealand, -36.62°S / 175.82°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -36.62°S / 175.82°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Mercury Islands 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 2, 09:57 am (Auckland) | 3.4 106 km | 14 km (8.4 mi) to the E | South Pacific Ocean, 35 km northeast of Whitianga, Waikato, New Zealand I FELT IT | Info |
Background
The Mercury Islands, thought to be Pleistocene in age on the basis of degree of preservation of scoria cones and relationship to terraces, are at least in part Miocene to Pliocene (Skinner 1986). The islands contain rhyolites and basalts.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information