Tuzgle Volcano
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 11:32 GMT -
stratovolcano 5500 m / 18,044 ft
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina (South America), -24.05°S / -66.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina (South America), -24.05°S / -66.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Cerro Tuzgle volcano in NW Argentina is the easternmost young stratovolcano of the Central Andes. It is about 120 km distance east of the main volcanic front. It has many young lava flows from the well-preserved summit crater and from flank vents on the SW and SE slopes. The youngest activity might be only about 12,000 years ago.
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Tuzgle volcano eruptions: between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Mar 26, 04:41 am (Jujuy) Mar 26, 07:41 GMT | 3.4 161 km | 29 km (18 mi) to the NW | JUJUY (Argentina) I FELT IT | Info | |
Monday, March 25, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 25, 04:06 pm (Salta) Mar 25, 19:06 GMT | 3.2 223 km | 29 km (18 mi) to the W | JUJUY (Argentina) I FELT IT | Info | |
Sunday, March 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 17, 03:47 am (Salta) Mar 17, 06:47 GMT | 3.2 182 km | 23 km (14 mi) to the NW | Jujuy (Argentina) | Info |
Background
Several edifice-collapse events occurred during the evolution of Cerro Tuzgle volcano. An older caldera and a perhaps related rhyodacitic ignimbrite deposit can still be recognized. A lava dome complex was constructed on the rim of the caldera. Later andesitic lava flows covered much of the dome complex and partially filled the caldera.(Source: GVP volcano information)