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Cerro Maichín volcano

Stratovolcano unknown
Central Chile, -39.35°S / -71.55°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Cerro Maichín volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cerro Maichín volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
Sat, 7 Mar 06:11 UTCM 3.5 / 137 km8 km5 km al O de Curarrehue (Chile)

Background:

Lava flows at Cerro Maichín were K-Ar dated at about 0.9 +/- 0.7 million years (Lara et al., 2001).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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