NAME OF VOLCANO:                        MATUTUM

LOCATION:                                         Cotabato,  15 km north of Polomolok, South Cotabato and around 30 km

                                                             north-northwest of General Santos City  (6°22'N, 125°06.5'E)

 

 

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Elevation:  2.286 km

Base Diameter:  25 km                                          

Type of Volcano:  Stratovolcano 

Hotsprings:  Akmoan and Linan springs (5.7 aerial km WSW of Matutum)

Adjacent Volcanic Edifice:  Landayao, Tampad and Albulhek (west of Matutum), Magolo (north of Matutum)

 

 

GEOLOGICAL FEATURES

Rock Type:  Andesite         

Tectonic Setting:  Cotabato Arc  

Age of Deposits:  665+40 (Trimble/Martines, 1995, unpub. data) 2120+ 80, 2350+60 ybp (Rubin/Sabit, 1994, unpub. data)

 

 

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Number of Historical Eruptions:  1

Date:  07 March 1911

Eruption Type:  Phreatic (?)

 

 

MONITORING ACTIVITY

1992 - Short-term monitoring was conducted at Matutum Volcano from 04-20 November 1992.  Results of the

           survey showed that the volcano was seismically quiet.

2004 – Establishment of Matutum-Parker Seismic Network that would monitor both volcanoes

 

Monitoring Stations:

Central Station: General Santos Seismic & Volcano Station, MSU, Tambler

Observation Stations:

·         Alnamang, Polomoloc, South Cotabato (Matutum)

·         Bagong Silang, Gen. Santos (Parker)

Repeater stations:

·         Upper Klinan, South Cotabato (Matutum)

·         Silway, Gen. Santos City (Matutum)

·         San Jose, Gen. Santos City (Parker)