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Sotará Volcano

Updated: 25 abr. 2024 15:06 GMT -
stratovolcano 4400+ m / 14,436 ft
Colombia, 2.11°N / -76.59°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 15 dic 2021

Sotará volcano, also known as Cerro Azafatudo, is a little-known andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano located about 25 km SSE of Popayán city in SW Colombia.
The volcano has three overlapping calderas, 4.5, 2.5, and 1 km in diameter, creating the irregular shape of the volcano. It has not erupted in historic times, but is considered active. At present, there is solfataric and fumarolic activity.

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Typical eruption style: explosive
Erupciones del volcán Sotará: unknown

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vie, 30 may 2014, 10:03

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Actividad sísmica asociada a procesos bajo el volcán mostrado un ligero incremento durante la semana pasada de fracturamiento de roca. Los terremotos ocurrieron principalmente en el valle del Paletará, aproximadamente a 12 km al noreste del volcán a profundidades entre 6 y 10 km y tuvieron magnitudes locales entre 0.3 y 2.2 en la escala de Richter. Read all
mié, 22 ene 2014, 09:17

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Observatorio Vulcanológico de Popayán, informa sin cambios en el volcán, que sigue mostrando débil agitación sísmica. ... Read all

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