Potor volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 15:26 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano 5318 m / 17448 ft
Northern Chile, -23.2°S / -67.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 2, 2022 12:26 am (GMT -4) (Aug 2, 2022 04:26 GMT)	2.9 245 km	50 km (31 mi) Antofagasta, Chile

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Background

One of a group of upper Pleistocene volcanoes (Moreno 1985).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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