Tolimán Volcano
Updated: 19 apr. 2024 19:41 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3158 m / 10,361 ft
Guatemala, 14.61°N / -91.19°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.61°N / -91.19°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 12 dic 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Tolimán: unknown, no recent eruptions
Latest nearby earthquakes
Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
7 apr 15:00 (Guatemala) | 3.4 8 km | 20 km a est | 25 Km al suroeste de Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Info |
Background
Volcán Tolimán is a large andesitic stratovolcano that rises above the south shore of Lake Atitlán. Tolimán was constructed within the Pleistocene Atitlán III caldera, near its inferred southern margin. A shallow elliptical crater truncates the summit, and a minor subsidiary peak to the SSW also has a shallow crater. In contrast to the tephra-covered surface of its twin volcano to the south, Volcán Atitlán, the surface of Tolimán is draped by prominent thick lava flows. Many of the flows were erupted from vents on the volcano's flanks and form a highly irregular shoreline on the south side of Lake Atitlán. No historical eruptions are known from Tolimán. However, a lava flow that entered Lake Atitlán from the parasitic lava dome of Cerro de Oro on the northern flank was considered by Newhall et al. (1987) to be less than a few thousand years old based on the thickness of sediment accumulated on the sublacustral part of the flow.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Tolimán Volcano Photos
Vulcani Atitlán, Toliman e San Pedro (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
La mattina presto sulla riva del lago Atitlán con i vulcani Atitlán, Toliman e San Pedro sullo sfondo (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Alba sul lago Atitlán con i vulcani Atitlán e Toliman sullo sfondo (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
I vulcani Atitlán e Toliman visti dalla riva del lago Atitlán (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)