Volcano Information

    Ruby
    Volcanic Alert Level: UNASSIGNED Aviation Color Code: UNASSIGNED

    • Volcanic History Overview: Ruby, a submarine volcano that rises to within 230 m of the sea surface near the southern end of the Mariana arc NW of Saipan, was detected in eruption in 1966 by sonar signals (Norris and Johnson, 1969). In 1995 submarine explosions were heard, accompanied by a fish kill, sulfurous odors, bubbling water, and the detection of volcanic tremor. From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.
    • Location: Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands

      Latitude: 15.62
      Longitude: 145.57
      Elevation: -230 m

      Recent Eruption: 1995
    • Hazard Assessments: Sako, M. K.; Trusdell, F. A.; Koyanagi, R. Y.; Kojima, George; Moore, R. B., 1995, Volcanic investigations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April to May 1994, USGS Open-File Report 94-705.
    • Link to monitoring data: NMI Web Site