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Didicas Volcano | John Seach
Babuyan Islands, Cagayan Province, Philippines
19.077 N, 122.202 E
summit elevation 244 m
Dome
Didicas volcano is located 60 km off the northern coast of Luzon, Philippines.
1969 Eruption
Three people who were fishing near the volcano drowned in March 1969
from a volcanic tsunami caused by an eruption of the volcano.
Eruptions were located in the northern part of island.
1952 Eruption
Didicas was a submarine volcano until 1952 when an eruption formed
an island 1.5 miles in diameter and about 800 feet high above sea
level. A pilot who observed the eruption at Didicas Rocks, saw a
similar eruption between Oahu and Kauai
in Hawaii in 1956.
Further reading
Paris, R., Switzer, A.D., Belousova, M., Belousov, A., Ontowirjo, B., Whelley, P.L. and Ulvrova, M., 2014. Volcanic tsunami: a review of source mechanisms, past events and hazards in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea). Natural Hazards, 70(1), pp.447-470.
Alcaraz, A.R.T.U.R.O., Abad, L.F. and Tupas, M.H., 1956. The Didicas submarine volcano. Proc. Eighth Pacific Sci. Congr, 2, pp.139-156.
Didicas Volcano Eruptions
1978, 1969, 1952, 1900, 1856-1857, 1773