Tacora
Schichtvulkan 5980 m / 19,619 ft
Chile / Argentinien (Norden) + Bolivien, Südamerika, -17.72°S / -69.77°W
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Chile / Argentinien (Norden) + Bolivien, Südamerika, -17.72°S / -69.77°W
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Tacora is the northernmost volcano in Chile and located near the Bolivian border. It is a roughly conical andesitic twin volcano tiogether with Chupiquiña volcano to the north.
Reported eruptions in 1930 and 1937 could not be verified by independent sources.
There are many sulfur mines in the saddle between Tacora and Chupiquiña, and hot springs are located on the eastern side of Tacora.
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Ausbrüche: 1937(?), 1930(?)
Time | Mag. / Tiefe | Entfernung | Epizenter | |
Sun, 7 Mar 2021 (GMT) (2 Erdbeben) | ||||
7. Mär. 2021 20:13 (GMT -3) (7 Mar 2021 23:13:23 GMT) | 2.7 153 km - More | 15 km | Provincia de Parinacota, 106 km nordöstlich von Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile | |
7. Mär. 2021 01:49 (GMT -5) (7 Mar 2021 06:49:33 GMT) | 4.5 2 km - More | 26 km | 71 km nordöstlich von Tacna, Peru | |
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
5. Mär. 2021 17:05 (GMT -3) (5 Mar 2021 20:05:23 GMT) | 3.5 97 km - More | 70 km | 41 km nordöstlich von Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile | |
Wed, 3 Mar 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
3. Mär. 2021 16:08 (GMT -4) (3 Mar 2021 20:08:29 GMT) | 2.7 150 km - More | 43 km | 176 km südwestlich von La Paz, Bolivien | |
Tue, 2 Mar 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
2. Mär. 2021 12:50 (GMT -5) (2 Mar 2021 17:50:46 GMT) | 3.7 15 km - More | 53 km | Provincia de Tarata, 88 km nördlich von Tacna, Peru |
Beschreibung
Tacora volcano is built on top of the Arica Altiplano, which is an ignimbrite platform at ca. 4200 m elevation. The volcano has glaciers down to 5500 m elevation. An explosion crater 300 m below the summit on NW flank.

See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
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