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Valle Nuevo Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 13:50 GMT -
Volcanic field unknown
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Valle Nuevo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 22, 03:28 pm (Santo Domingo)
Mar 22, 19:28 GMT
2.9

4.2 km
15 km (9.3 mi) to the E Bonao, República Dominicana, Dominican Republic Region
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 20, 05:28 pm (Santo Domingo)
Mar 20, 21:28 GMT
3.0

23 km
12 km (7.6 mi) to the SW Dominican Republic Info

Background

The Valle Nuevo volcanic field, north of the San Juan Los Pozos fault, consists of late-Pliocene to late-Pleistocene age contains rocks of rhyolitic-to-basaltic composition (Wadge and Wooden, 1982).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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