Cupaello Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 23:26 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 | |||
Apr 24, 03:42 pm (Rome) | 1.7 7.9 km | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) to the E | Italy: 5 km N Cittaducale (RI) | Info | |
Apr 24, 02:21 pm (Rome) | 1.8 9.7 km | 27 km (16 mi) to the SE | Italy: 5 km E Fiamignano (RI) | Info | |
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 23, 10:54 pm (Rome) | 1.5 15 km | Italy: 6 km NW Cittareale (RI) | Info | ||
Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 21, 08:50 am (Rome) | 2.0 10.4 km | 17 km (10.8 mi) to the E | Italy: 5 km E Antrodoco (RI) | Info | |
Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 18, 10:57 am (Rome) | 1.6 13 km | 33 km northeast of Rieti, Rieti, Lazio, Italy | Info | ||
Saturday, April 13, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 13, 02:41 am (Rome) | 1.5 6.7 km | Italy: 2 km NW Castel Sant'Angelo (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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