Incapillo volcano
Caldera 5750 m / 18865 ft
Argentina, -27.9°S / -68.8°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Incapillo volcano books
Argentina, -27.9°S / -68.8°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Incapillo volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Incapillo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Incapillo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
| Mon, 23 Mar 2020 | |||
| Mon, 23 Mar 15:17 UTC | M 3.4 / 113 km | 24 km | LA RIOJA (Argentina) |
| Thu, 12 Mar 2020 | |||
| Thu, 12 Mar 15:40 UTC | M 2.9 / 122 km | 17 km | LA RIOJA (Argentina) |
| Thu, 5 Mar 2020 | |||
| Thu, 5 Mar 02:42 UTC | M 2.7 / 116 km | 27 km | LA RIOJA (Argentina) |
Background:
The Plio-Pleistocene Icapillo caldera and lava-dome complex is the southernmost ignimbritic caldera of the Central Andes. The 5 x 6 km wide caldera formed during a rhyodacitic eruption about 510,000 years ago. About 40 rhyodacitic lava domes surround the caldera.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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