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Pasochoa volcano

Updated: Aug 17, 2022 21:44 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano 4199 m / 13776 ft
Ecuador, -0.46°S / -78.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Pasochoa volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Pasochoa is a Pleistocene stratovolcano with an avalanche caldera open to the NW (Beate 1992, pers. comm.).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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