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Tuzgle volcano

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)

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Typical eruption style: explosive & effusive
Tuzgle volcano eruptions: between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago
Last earthquakes nearby:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance	Location
Mon, 13 May
Mon, 13 May 16:36 UTC	M 2.7 / 224 km	21 km	JUJUY (Argentina)
Sat, 27 Apr
Sat, 27 Apr 10:00 UTC	M 3.1 / 236 km	15 km	JUJUY (Argentina)
Fri, 26 Apr
Fri, 26 Apr 19:04 UTC	M 3.1 / 162 km	42 km	JUJUY (Argentina)
Thu, 25 Apr
Thu, 25 Apr 08:52 UTC	M 5.5 / 165 km	47 km	SALTA, ARGENTINA
Thu, 25 Apr 08:51 UTC	M 4.8 / 125.7 km	21 km	18km NNE of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina

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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.

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)

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