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Cerro Bravo volcano

stratovolcano 4000+ m / 13,123 ft
Colombia, 5.09°N / -75.3°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: explosive, lava domes
Cerro Bravo volcano eruptions: 1720 ± 150, 1330 ± 75, 1050 ± 75, 750 AD ± 150, 730 BC ± 75, 1050 BC ± 200, 1310 BC ± 150 , 4280 BC ± 150 (radiocarbon dated) No recent earthquakes
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Cerro Bravo volcano is located 145 km NW of Bogota, Colombia, north of Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
It consists of dominantly dacitic lava-domes. In the past 4000 years, the volcano has had at least 7 violent (plinian) explosive eruptions, producing pumice layers and pyroclastic flows.


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