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Porquesa Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 07:08 GMT -
Lava dome(s) 5190 m / 17028 ft
Northern Chile, -19.96°S / -68.73°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 23, 01:30 pm (Santiago)
Mar 23, 16:30 GMT
3.2

126 km
28 km (17 mi) to the NW Chile: 66 km al SO de Colchane.
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Background

The massive Porquesa lava-dome complex produced small-volume ignimbrites dated at 0.15 and 0.29 million years ago (Worner et al., 2000).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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