Cerro Nicholson volcano

stratovolcano 2520? m / 8,268 ft
Peru, -16.26°S / -71.75°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Cerro Nicholson volcano is a small isolated andesitic scoria cone in Southern Peru. It is located on a plain WSW of Chachani volcano and WNW of El Misti volcano.
The crater of the Cerro Nicholson cone has a youthful appearance and is full of fresh-looking volcanic bombs, suggesting a relatively young age. It is similar to the Andahua scoria cones farther to the north.

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Typical eruption style: strombolian
Cerro Nicholson volcano eruptions: unkown

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance/Location
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake)
13 Jun 2:31 am (GMT -5) (13 Jun 2021 07:31:43 GMT)
4.8

131 km		29 km (18 mi)
31 km north of Arequipa, Peru

Background

Cerro Nicholson overlies a thick layer of a 1.65-million-year-old ignimbrite deposit (the Arequipa Airport Ignimbrite), which was erupted from an ancient and buried vent beneath the Chachani volcano.


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