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Cerro Zapaleri volcano

Stratovolcano 5643 m / 18514 ft
Chile / Bolivia / Argentina border, -22.81°S / -67.18°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Cerro Zapaleri volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cerro Zapaleri volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Sat, 21 Mar 15:45 UTCM 3.1 / 235 km9 kmJUJUY (Argentina)

Background:

Cerro Polques is of probable Pliocene age, although some component could be Pleistocene (de Silva, 2007 pers. comm.).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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