Siete Orejas Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 23:24 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3370 m / 11056 ft
Guatemala, 14.82°N / -91.62°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.82°N / -91.62°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Siete Orejas volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 17, 09:00 pm (Guatemala) | 2.6 6 km | 20 km (12 mi) to the W |  22 Km al sur de San Marcos, Guatemala I FELT IT | Info | |
Background
Siete Orejas is an andesitic stratovolcano with a large caldera breached to the south. The volcano overlooks Quetzaltenango, Guatemala's second largest city. The broad irregular summit profile gives the volcano its name, which means "seven ears." The latest eruption of Siete Orejas produced a widespread airfall-pumice and pyroclastic-flow deposit that is stratigraphically constrained to have been formed between 126,000 and 85,000 years ago. Volcán Chicabal, located immediately west of Siete Orejas, was constructed within a 4-km-wide breached scarp of unknown origin. This stratovolcano of unknown age has a well-preserved summit crater containing a crater lake.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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