El Tatio volcano
hydrothermal field 4280 m / 14,042 ft
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -22.35°S / -68.03°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -22.35°S / -68.03°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: explosive
El Tatio volcano eruptions: possibly within the past 10,000 years
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El Tatio volcano eruptions: possibly within the past 10,000 years
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
| Mon, 10 Dec | |||
| Mon, 10 Dec 15:00 UTC | M 2.9 / 118.5 km | 24 km | 61 km al NE de Calama |
| Mon, 10 Dec 06:31 UTC | M 3.9 / 109.6 km | 43 km | 42 km al NE de Calama |
| Sun, 9 Dec | |||
| Sun, 9 Dec 23:06 UTC | M 4.9 / 129 km | 2 km | Chile-Bolivia Border Region |
| Sun, 9 Dec 14:27 UTC | M 2.9 / 132.6 km | 28 km | 52 km al SO de Ollagüe |
| Thu, 6 Dec | |||
| Thu, 6 Dec 19:45 UTC | M 2.6 / 110.1 km | 20 km | 67 km al NE de Calama |
The Hoyada de Los Geisers del Tatio geothermal field covers 30 sq km and contains 85 fumaroles and solfataras, 62 hot springs, 40 geysers, 5 mud volcanoes, and extensive sinter terraces. It is the world's third largest geyser field and the largest geothermal area in the southern hemisphere.
It has been tried to install geothermal energy plants, but the remoteness of the area and difficulty in providing infrastructure prohibited its development.
El Tatio Photos:
 The smooth crust of the lake is broken into plates, which are moving against or away from each other, simulating plate tectonics. Above, a miniature mid-ocean spreading z... | 
Ash falls from eruptions during the past weeks have been concentrated in a sector west of the volcano according to prevailing easterly winds. Much of the vegetation on th... |  The seismic station on the old crater rim has suffered a lot of impacts during the eruption (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
 View from the basecamp at night, at 2750 m elevation near the end of the vegetation, illuminated by a campfire. A spectacular view to the NW over densely populated Java w... |  The summit of Volcán de Colima is hidden by the clouds but not the eruptive column. The picture was taken from Montegrande gully located south of the volcano on December ... | 
Wide angle long exposure with Polaris rotation center in the left and Colima with the glowing dome to the right. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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