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Tor Zawar Volcano | John Seach
Ziarat region
west-central Pakistan
30.479 N 67.492 E
summit elevation 2237 m
Fissure vents
Tor Zawar Volcano is located 75 km NE of Quetta. There is a debate over whether the eruptions in 2010 and 2011 were magmatic or caused by melting of rock by lightning.
Possible eruption in 2011
In January 2011 another small eruption occurred 300 m north of the first eruption.
Possible eruption in 2010
An eruption occurred on 27th January 2010. This was the first recorded eruption of the previously unknown volcano.
Further reading
Kassi, Akhtar M., et al. "The study of basaltic magma eruption at the Tor Zawar, Ziarat, Pakistan." Journal of Himalayan Earth Science 45.2 (2012).
Kassi, A. M., et al. "Comments on the eruption of basaltic magma at Tor Zawar, Balochistan, Pakistan on 27 January 2010, with a discussion of the geochemical and petrological constraints on its petrogenesis." Mineralogical Magazine 76.3 (2012): 717-723.
Tor Zawar Volcano Eruptions
2011?, 2010?