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Didicas

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  • Last Known Eruption
  • 228 m
    748 ft
  • 19.077°
  • 122.202°
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Summary of eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).

Start Date Stop Date Eruption Certainty VEI Evidence Activity Area or Unit
1978 Jan 6 1978 Jan 9 Confirmed 2 Historical NNE side
1969 Mar 21 1969 Jun Confirmed 2 Historical North side
1952 Mar 16 (in or before) 1953 (?) Confirmed 2 Historical
1900 Unknown Confirmed 0 Historical
1856 Sep 30 ± 30 days 1860 Oct (?) Confirmed 0 Historical
1773 Oct Unknown Confirmed 1 Historical

Didicas volcano, 22 km NE of Camiguin Island, was a submarine volcano prior to 1952, when a permanent island was formed. Didicas now consists of a small, 244-m-high andesitic lava dome about 1.4 km in longest exposed dimension. A 400-m-wide crater was formed during the 1952 eruption. The first recorded submarine eruption of Didicas was in 1773. The first recorded subaerial cone reached a height of 213 m in 1860, after a four-year-long eruption, but soon was eroded beneath the sea. Three rock masses up to 82 m high were left after an eruption in 1900. Two eruptions have occurred since 1952 at an explosion crater on the northern side of the island.