Cerros Purupuruni volcano

Updated: Aug 9, 2022 00:41 GMT - Refresh

Lava dome(s) 5315 m / 17438 ft
Peru, -17.32°S / -69.9°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cerros Purupuruni volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

The Cerros Purupuruni are a group of lava domes of probable Pleistocene age (de Silva 2007, pers. comm.).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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