Parker Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 14:48 GMT -
stratovolcano 1824 m / 5,984 ft
Mindanao (Philippines), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Mindanao (Philippines), 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 12 Dec 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Parker volcano (also known as Falen locally) is a low, but steep-sided vegetated stratovolcano located 30 km west of General Santos City, near the southern tip of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
The andesitic-dacitic volcano contains a 2.9 km diameter summit caldera with a lake, Lake Maughan (2 km diameter).
Parker was recently identified as the source of a major explosive eruption in 1641, which caused devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and heavy ash fall and darkness over Mindanao Island. The 1641 eruption was one of 3 large explosions of Parker volcano within the past 3800 years. It created the present-day summit caldera.
The eruption style of Parker volcano is similar to Pinatubo volcano, which had a Plinian eruption in 1991.
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Parker volcano eruptions: Dec 1640- Jan 1641 (plinian eruption), 1380 ± 75 years, 1920 BC ± 40 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 17, 01:36 pm (Manila) | 2.4 32 km | 13 km (8.3 mi) to the NW |  33 km south of Koronadal, South Cotabato, Soccsksargen, Philippines | Info | |
| Tuesday, April 16, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 17, 12:21 am (Manila) | 2.9 17 km | 21 km (13 mi) to the SE | Sarangani, 25 km southwest of General Santos City, Philippines I FELT IT | Info | |
| Monday, April 8, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 8, 10:54 pm (Manila) | 2.6 4 km | 17 km (10.3 mi) to the NW | Philippines: 003 km N 58° W of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Info | |
| Sunday, April 7, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 7, 05:18 pm (Manila) | 2.5 7 km | 13 km (8.4 mi) to the W | 013 km S 27° W of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Info | |
| Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 11, 11:10 am (Manila) | 2.0 36 km | 12 km (7.5 mi) to the N | Philippines: 005 km N 82° E of T'boli (South Cotabato) | Info | |
| Tuesday, April 9, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 10, 01:26 am (Manila) | 2.0 18 km | 28 km (18 mi) to the SE | Philippines: 011 km N 48° E of Maasim (Sarangani) | Info | |
Eruptions of Parker volcano
2002 earthquake & crater lake landslide
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred near Parker volcano on 6 March 2002 and an eruption alarm was triggered. The quake caused a portion of the volcano's crater wall to breach and fall into Lake Maughan at the top of the volcano. The landslide caused a flood from the lake that washed away houses and about 33 families were evacuated from river banks below Lake Maughan.
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