Ollague Volcano
Updated: 12 mayo 2024 21:55 GMT -
stratovolcano 5868 m / 19,252 ft
Norte de Chile, Bolivia y Argentina (Sur America), -21.3°S / -68.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Norte de Chile, Bolivia y Argentina (Sur America), -21.3°S / -68.18°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 7 ene 2023 (Volcanic Ash Advisory)
Volcán Ollagüe (also known as Oyahué) is a massive andesitic stratovolcano in northern Chile on the border with Bolivia. It contains a dacitic summit lava dome. No historical eruptions have been confirmed from Ollagüe, but there is intense fumarolic activity and a persistent steam plume emanates from a fumarole on the south side of the summit dome.
There are active sulphur mines on the upper western and southern flanks of the volcano which are serviced by a now disused switchback road which reaches 5650 m elevation and rank as one of the highest in the world.
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Erupciones del volcán Ollague: possible eruption in 1903
Latest nearby earthquakes
Fecha / Hora | Revista / Prof. | Distancia / Ubicación | |||
12 may 05:02 (Santiago) | 3.0 128 km | 27 km al oeste | Chile: 20 km al O de Ollagüe I FELT IT | Más | |
miércoles, 8 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
8 may 06:00 (Santiago) | 5.2 104 km | 17 km al suroeste | 20 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile I FELT IT | Más | |
miércoles, 1 mayo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
1 may 03:10 (Santiago) | 3.2 145 km | 29 km al oeste | Chile: 25 km al SO de Ollagüe | Más |
Background
Ollague Volcano suffered flank collapse during the Pleistocene and produced a large debris-avalanche deposit which extends westward and separates the Salar de San Martín from the Salar de Ollagüe salt flats.3 youthful-looking silicic lava flows were emplyed after the collapse, but are probably still older than the last glaciation about 11,000 years ago.
A youthful-looking scoria cone on the lower WSW flank, La Poruñita, was long believed to be relatively young, but has been dated to an age of 420,000 to 680,000 years.
(Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program)