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Guguan

Guguan is a stratovolcano in Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions, United States, rising to 232 m. Its most recent recorded eruption was in 1883.

About Guguan

The island of Guguan, ~2.8 km in diameter, is composed of an eroded volcano on the south, a caldera with a post-caldera cone, and a northern volcano. The latter has three coalescing cones and a breached summit crater that fed lava flows to the W and NW. The only known reported eruption, between 1882 and 1884, produced the northern volcano and lava flows that reached the coast. Freycinet (Uranie 1817 Expedition) confused Guguan and Alamagan; reported eruptions in 1819 and 1901 (Kuno, 1962 CAVW) actually refer to solfataric activity on Alamagan (Corwin, 1971).

Eruption reports

Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.

No eruption reports in our records yet. New reports appear here automatically.

Earthquakes nearby, 30 days

Within about 50 km. Swarms of small quakes can sometimes accompany volcanic unrest.

No earthquakes recorded nearby in the last 30 days.