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Paniri volcano

stratovolcano 5946 m / 19,508 ft
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -22.08°S / -68.25°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Paniri volcano eruptions: none in recent times
Paniri is a stratovolcano in northern Chile 26 km SE of San Pedro volcano. It has 3 craters. There are no recent eruptions, but the volcano possibly has been active during the past 10,000 years. Archeological remains have been found on its summit in 1972.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km under the volcano on 1 Feburay 2008.