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Rapid Eruption at Monowai Seamount
May 14, 2012 | Stuff New Zealand

A submarine volcanic eruption at Monowai Seamount added 8.75 million cubic meters of rock in just five days. The volcano is located in the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand at the southern end of the Tonga Ridge near Kermadec volcanoes.

Eruptive history from the Global Volcanism Program.


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