Tuzgle Volcano
Updated: 19 apr. 2024 22:11 GMT -
stratovolcano 5500 m / 18,044 ft
Cile settentrionale, Bolivia e Argentina (Sud America), -24.05°S / -66.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Cile settentrionale, Bolivia e Argentina (Sud America), -24.05°S / -66.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Cerro Tuzgle volcano in NW Argentina is the easternmost young stratovolcano of the Central Andes. It is about 120 km distance east of the main volcanic front. It has many young lava flows from the well-preserved summit crater and from flank vents on the SW and SE slopes. The youngest activity might be only about 12,000 years ago.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Tuzgle: between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
| 12 apr 06:40 (Salta) | 3.3 179 km | 22 km a sud ovest |  JUJUY (Argentina) | Info | |
| mercoledì, 10 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 10 apr 14:14 (Jujuy) | 3.1 218 km | 26 km a ovest | JUJUY (Argentina) | Info | |
Background
Several edifice-collapse events occurred during the evolution of Cerro Tuzgle volcano. An older caldera and a perhaps related rhyodacitic ignimbrite deposit can still be recognized. A lava dome complex was constructed on the rim of the caldera. Later andesitic lava flows covered much of the dome complex and partially filled the caldera.(Source: GVP volcano information)
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