Chalpatan Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 11:32 GMT -
Caldera 3624 m / 11890 ft
Ecuador, 0.71°N / -77.78°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Ecuador, 0.71°N / -77.78°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Chalpatan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 5, 07:52 am (Guayaquil) | 2.1 6 km | 10.3 km (6.4 mi) to the NW | Colombia-Ecuador, Region Fronteriza | Info |
Background
The Chalpatan caldera is of Plio-Pleistocene age (Beate 1992, pers. comm.). A single Potassium-Argon age of 2.0 million years ago has been obtained (INECEL 1987).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information