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El Volcan Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 00:09 GMT -
Stratovolcano 5100 m / 16732 ft
Northern Chile, -22.33°S / -67.97°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 28, 07:48 pm (Santiago)
Mar 28, 22:48 GMT
2.5

162 km
29 km (18 mi) to the SW Chile, 72 km east of Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta Info
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 27, 08:23 am (La Paz)
Mar 27, 12:23 GMT
3.1

201 km
19 km (12 mi) to the NE Potosi, Bolivia
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 20, 05:05 pm (La Paz)
Mar 20, 21:05 GMT
3.1

190 km
8.3 km (5.2 mi) to the NE Potosi, Bolivia Info

Background

El Volcán is one of several stratovolcanoes located east of the vigorous Geisers del Tatio geothermal field. Lava flows at the base of the volcano are dacitic, while those at the upper part are andesitic-to-dacitic. El Volcán was considered by González-Ferrán (1995) to be of Pleistocene-Holocene age, but de Silva (2007 pers. comm) assigned it a probable Pleistocene age.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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