Cupaello volcano
Updated: Nov 29, 2023 07:50 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 650 m / 2133 ft
Italy, 42.43°N / 12.93°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Italy, 42.43°N / 12.93°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Cupaello volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Sunday, November 26, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 27, 12:49 am (Rome) (Nov 26, 22:49 GMT) | 1.7 15 km | 30 km (19 mi) Italy: 1 Km E Barete (AQ) | ||
| Wednesday, November 22, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 22, 03:38 am (Rome) (Nov 22, 02:38 GMT) | 1.9 13 km | 34 km (21 mi) Latium, 34 km northwest of L’Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy | ||
| Monday, November 20, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 20, 09:42 am (Rome) (Nov 20, 08:42 GMT) | 1.5 15 km | 22 km (14 mi) Italy: 2 Km E Monteleone Sabino (RI) | ||
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).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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