Karisimbi

Karisimbi is a stratovolcano in Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions, DR Congo-Rwanda, rising to 4,490 m. Its most recent recorded eruption was in 8050 BCE.

About Karisimbi

Karisimbi is a complex basanitic-to-trachytic volcano with a symmetrical sharp-peaked summit. The 2-km-wide Branca caldera, located SE of the summit, is filled by viscous lava flows and two explosion craters. The large 1.2-km-wide Muntango pit crater is located south of the summit. A broad lava plain, formed from lava flows erupted within the caldera and along a chain of cones, extends SW. More than 100 cones erupted along a NNE-SSW zone that extends to the shores of Lake Kivu. The youngest Potassium-Argon date obtained is about 10,000 years before present (de Mulder, 1985). The youngest eruptions produced a group of dome-shaped vents east of the caldera, which fed viscous lava flows that traveled as far as 12 km E, and lava flows from the SW-flank lava vents.

Eruption reports

Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.

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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.