Los Patos volcano

Stratovolcano 6250 m / 20505 ft
Northern Chile, -27.27°S / -69°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Sun, 18 Jul 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake)
18 Jul 2021 11:58:34 GMT	2.8 119 km	39 km (24 mi) 112 km east of Copiapo, Atacama, Chile

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Background

Los Patos is a large eroded stratovolcano of possible Pleistocene age (de Silva, 2007 pers. comm.).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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