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)
Northern Chile, -22.33°S / -67.97°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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El Volcan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / 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 I FELT IT | Info | |
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.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
El Volcan Volcano Photos
Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Vesuvius volcano near Naples, Italy, seen from the air. The rim of the remnant of the older Somma volcano which collapsed in the 79 AD Plinian eruption is clearly visible...
The active lava dome of Kelut volcano in East Java (Nov 2007) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Group on a narrow ledge that separates two vents on Etna volcano, Italy. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)