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Thursday, Jan 15, 2009
On 11 January there was an ash plume at Ubinas that was rosing to an altitude of 7.3 km. [more]
Friday, Oct 31, 2008
There are still continuously emitted ash plumes that rose to altitudes of 5-7 km. [more]

Ubinas volcano

Stratovolcano 5672 m (18,609 ft)
Peru, -16.36°S / -70.9°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 22 Jan 2013
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Ubinas volcano eruptions: 2009-2010, 2006-08, 1969, 1956, 1951, 1937, 1907, 1906, 1869, 1867, 1865, 1862, 1830, 1826(?), 1784, 1677, 1662, 1600, 1550 ± 50y
Last earthquakes nearby: No recent earthquakes
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Ubinas is Peru's most active volcano. A small, 1.4-km-wide caldera cuts the top of the volcano. The steep-walled, 150-m-deep summit caldera contains an ash cone with a 500-m-wide and 200 m deep crater Debris-avalanche deposits from the collapse of the SE flank of Ubinas about 3700 years ago extend 10 km from the volcano. Widespread plinian pumice-fall deposits from Ubinas include one of Holocene age about 1000 years ago. Holocene lava flows are visible on the volcano's flanks, but historical activity, documented since the 16th century, has consisted of intermittent minor-to-moderate explosive eruptions.
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Source: abbreviated from Global Volcanism Program information on Ubinas


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