Curacoa volcano

Curacoa is a submarine volcano located south of the Curacoa Reef in northern Tonga.

The reef is 24fm North of Tafahi in the Niua Islands.

[2] Eruptions were observed in 1973 and 1979 from two separate vents.

The 1973 eruption produced a large raft of dacitic pumice, and had a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 3.

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