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Hecar volcano

Updated: Jan 30, 2023 08:36 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 5029 m / 16499 ft
Northern Chile, -23.23°S / -67.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Friday, January 27, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 27, 2023 7:23 am (GMT -3) (Jan 27, 2023 10:23 GMT)	3.5 139 km	25 km (16 mi) 42 km southeast of San Pedro de Atacama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile

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Background

stratovolcano north of Lascar volcano; no evidence for Holocene activity (de Silva and Francis 1991).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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