Cupaello Volcano

Updated: 21 Μαΐου 2024 14:03 GMT - refresh

Pyroclastic cone 650 m / 2133 ft
Italy, 42.43°N / 12.93°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cupaello volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

Ώρα	Mag. / Βάθος	Απόσταση / Τοποθεσία
19 Μαΐ 05:27 (Rome)	1.2 9.1 km		Italy: 9 km E Monteleone di Spoleto (PG)	Περ.
Σάββατο, 18 Μαΐου 2024 GMT (1 σεισμός)
18 Μαΐ 15:43 (Rome)	1.3 11 km		Italy: 9 km E Monteleone di Spoleto (PG)	Περ.
Πέμπτη, 16 Μαΐου 2024 GMT (3 σεισμοί)
17 Μαΐ 01:16 (Rome)	1.4 10.1 km		Italy: 2 km N Cittareale (RI)	Περ.
16 Μαΐ 22:20 (Rome)	1.3 13 km		Italy: 1 km NE Cittareale (RI)	Περ.
16 Μαΐ 21:05 (Rome)	1.4 12 km		Italy: 1 km NE Cittareale (RI)	Περ.
Κυριακή, 12 Μαΐου 2024 GMT (1 σεισμός)
12 Μαΐ 19:30 (Rome)	1.6 8.3 km	6.2 km νοτιοανατολικά	Italy: 3 km W Castel Sant'Angelo (RI)	Περ.

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Background

Cupaello is responsible for a 750-m-long lava flow that covers layers of pyroclastic material, including ash, breccias, lapilli, and scoria. These products were channelized and accumulated downslope of the volcanic edifice (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995). These pyroclastics are carbonatitic in composition, and yielded an Ar/Ar age of 639 ka (Peccerillo, 2005). However, Stoppa and Cundari (1995) list a date of about 491 +/- 3 ka. Structures within the pyroclastic layers indicate that the tuff could still deform plastically when covered by the lava, suggesting that both the explosive and effusive phases were part of the same eruption (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995).
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