Lateiki volcano (Tonga Ridge) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 17 April-23 April 2024 (Continuing Activity)
Wed, 24 Apr 2024, 14:00 | BY: VN
Satellite data showed an area of yellowish-green discolored water that was about 5 km long in the N-S direction and about 3 km in the E-W direction, in the vicinity of the submarine Lateiki volcano on 21 April. A more diffuse plume of discolored water extended another ~12 km WNW before dissipating.Source: Copernicus
---
From: Global Volcanism Program, 2024. Report on Lateiki. In: Mayberry, G (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 17 April-23 April 2024. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
- All news about: Metis Shoal (Lateiki) volcano
- Information about: Metis Shoal (Lateiki) volcano
Previous news
Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 06:00
Lateiki volcano (Tonga Islands) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 13 November-19 November 2019 (New Activity / Unrest)
Satellite images showed that the mid-October eruption at Lateiki (Metis Shoal) had formed a new and larger island, but by 14 November it had eroded to a size similar to the pre-eruptive size. ... Read all
Thu, 7 Nov 2019, 07:17
Metis Shoal volcano (Tonga): weekly volcanic activity report 30 October-5 November 2019
GeoNet reported that by 1 November the eruption at Metis Shoal (Lateiki) had formed an elongated island with no visible evidence of the old 1995 dome. ... Read all
Show more