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Cotopaxi is one of South America's most famous volcanoes and one of its most active ones. With its 5911 m it also ranks among the world's highest active volcanoes (26th highest).
The majestic, snow covered symmetrical stratovolcano is located on the Eastern Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes, 60 km south of Quito and 35 km northeast of Latacunga.
Cotopaxi's steep cone has nested summit craters, the outer of which measures 550 x 800 m in diameter.
Cotopaxi erupted more than 50 times since 1738. The most violent historical eruptions of Cotopaxi volcano were in 1744, 1768, 1877, and 1904. its eruptions often produced pyroclastic flows and destructive mud flows (lahars). Some lahars have travelled more than 100 km and reached the Pacific to the west and the Amazon Basin to the east.
At the moment, it has been dormant for over 70 years, which is an unusual long interval in its recent history. Schichtvulkan 5911 m / 19,393 ft Ecuador, -0.68°S / -78.44°W Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5) Cotopaxi Webcams / aktuelle Daten | BerichteCotopaxi Vulkan-B cherAusbrüche des Cotopaxi:
1942(?), 1940, 1939(?), 1931(?), 1928-30(?), 1905-08, 1903, 1895, 1886, 1885, 1883?, 1883, 1882, 1880, 1879, 1878, 1877, 1870-76, 1870, 1869, 1868, 1867, 1866, 1863, 1860-62, 1859, 1858, 1857, 1856, 1856, 1855, 1854, 1853, 1852, 1851, 1850, 1845, 1844, 1803, 1768, 1766, 1750, 1747-49, 1746, 1744, 1743, 1743, 1742, 1742, 1740-41, 1738, 1698, 1534, 1533, 1532, 1400, 1260, 1130, 950, 770, 760, 740, 550, 370, 180, 140, 110, 70, 80 BC, 230 BC, 1510 BC, 2220 BC, 2640 BC Typische Aktivität:explosive Letzte Erdbeben in der NäheLetzte Satellitenbilder  Cotopaxi volcano news & activity updates:Cotopaxi volcano update: Continuous ash emissions, volcanic tremor
Tuesday Aug 25, 2015 15:55 PM | VON: T  Ash emissions from Cotopaxi yesterday (photo: Patricia Mothes / IGEPN)  Ash emissions from Cotopaxi yesterday (photo: Patricia Mothes / IGEPN)  Onset of volcanic tremor during the evening of 22 Aug The eruption continues with similar activity as during the past days, with a gradually increasing trend. Accompanied by near-continuous tremor, the volcano now produces almost constant, dense ash plumes rising up to 2 km and drifting into westerly directions, reaching the Pacific Ocean.
The current phase of near-continuous emissions started during the night 22-23 Aug, when volcanic tremor appeared suddenly at 21:41 local time. The next day, after 18 hours, 2 mm of new brown ash fall had accumulated on the western side in the Cotopaxi National Park.
During yesterday, a gradual increase in tremor and seismic energy were detected, corresponding probably to increasing internal pressure, and an increase in the volume of magma rising towards the surface. The height of the ash emissions also gradually increased to approx. 2 km.
Today, tremor has slightly decreased, but remains at similar levels as yesterday. Vorherige Nachrichten
Monday, Aug 24, 2015
Activity at the volcano remains more or less similar with moderately strong, near continuous ash emissions producing a plume rising approx. 2 km and drifting into westerly directions. ... [mehr]Sunday, Aug 23, 2015 Ash emissions have been increasing and producing plumes that rose 2 km above the summit and drifted west for over 50 km. ... [mehr]Friday, Aug 21, 2015 The volcano continues to be relatively calm. Modest ash emissions occurred yesterday morning producing plumes that rose a few 100 m above the summit and were then pushed down by strong winds along the flank of the volcano. ... [mehr]
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015 volcano remains calm. Only low-energy degassing is being observed from the summit crater. During yesterday's overflight, no significant changes to the crater morphology have been detected. ... [mehr]
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2015 During the night and this morning, some relatively small explosions occurred at the volcano, producing plumes of up to 700 m height. [mehr]
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