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Cupaello Volcano

Updated: Nov 7, 2024 12:49 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 650 m / 2133 ft
Italy, 42.43°N / 12.93°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cupaello volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Nov 2, 08:02 pm (Rome)
1.2

11 km
Italy: 2 km NE Barete (AQ) Info
Nov 2, 03:31 am (Rome)
1.6

11 km
27 km (17 mi) to the W Italy: 4 km W Stroncone (TR) Info
Friday, November 1, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 1, 07:03 am (Rome)
2.2

8.9 km
15 km (9.3 mi) to the N Italy: 4 km SE Polino (TR) Info
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Oct 29, 04:54 pm (Rome)
1.7

10 km
20 km (12 mi) to the NW Italy: 5 km E Stroncone (TR) Info
Oct 29, 04:59 am (Rome)
1.3

8.4 km
Italy: 4 km SW Cantalice (RI) Info
Saturday, October 26, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 27, 01:19 am (Rome)
1.3

14 km
Italy: 4 km NE Antrodoco (RI) Info

Background

Cupaello is responsible for a 750-m-long lava flow that covers layers of pyroclastic material, including ash, breccias, lapilli, and scoria. These products were channelized and accumulated downslope of the volcanic edifice (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995). These pyroclastics are carbonatitic in composition, and yielded an Ar/Ar age of 639 ka (Peccerillo, 2005). However, Stoppa and Cundari (1995) list a date of about 491 +/- 3 ka. Structures within the pyroclastic layers indicate that the tuff could still deform plastically when covered by the lava, suggesting that both the explosive and effusive phases were part of the same eruption (Stoppa and Cundari, 1995).
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