
Talang is a stratovolcano with 8 confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968.
The volcano may have had a phreatic eruption in 1986 but the activity has
not been confirmed. Most of the eruptions are moderate in size (VEI=2) and
explosive. Eruptions in 1833, 1843, 1845, and 1876 were from flank vents.
An eruption in 1967 and two different eruptions in 1968 were from radial
fissures. The distance from the city of Padang to Talang is about 35 km.
Image courtesy of the Landsat Pathfinder Project.
Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.
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