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Cupaello Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 01:50 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 650 m / 2133 ft
Italy, 42.43°N / 12.93°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cupaello volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 25, 09:23 pm (Rome)
Mar 25, 20:23 GMT
1.7

10.5 km
19 km (12 mi) to the E Italy, 26 km east of Rieti, Rieti, Lazio Info
Thursday, March 21, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 21, 10:01 am (Rome)
Mar 21, 09:01 GMT
1.7

17 km
30 km (18 mi) to the NE Italy: 5 km SE Cittareale (RI) Info
Monday, March 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 18, 07:22 am (Rome)
Mar 18, 06:22 GMT
1.6

16 km
27 km (17 mi) to the NE Italy: 4 km NW Montereale (AQ) Info
Saturday, March 16, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 16, 07:02 pm (Rome)
Mar 16, 18:02 GMT
1.5

12 km
23 km (15 mi) to the NE Italy: 4 Km Ne Borbona (Ri) Info
Monday, March 18, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Mar 18, 11:53 pm (Rome)
Mar 18, 22:53 GMT
1.4

10.3 km
10.6 km (6.6 mi) to the N Italy: 3 km NE Poggio Bustone (RI) Info
Mar 18, 11:47 pm (Rome)
Mar 18, 22:47 GMT
1.4

10.3 km
26 km (16 mi) to the N Italy: 2 km NE Monteleone di Spoleto (PG) Info

Background

Cupaello is responsible for a 750-m-long lava flow that covers layers of pyroclastic material, including ash, breccias, lapilli, and scoria. These products were channelized and accumulated downslope of the volcanic edifice (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995). These pyroclastics are carbonatitic in composition, and yielded an Ar/Ar age of 639 ka (Peccerillo, 2005). However, Stoppa and Cundari (1995) list a date of about 491 +/- 3 ka. Structures within the pyroclastic layers indicate that the tuff could still deform plastically when covered by the lava, suggesting that both the explosive and effusive phases were part of the same eruption (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995).
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Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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