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Quetena volcano

Fissure vent 5730 m / 18799 ft
Bolivia, -22.25°S / -67.42°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Quetena volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Quetena volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Thu, 12 Mar 2020
Thu, 12 Mar 23:44 UTCM 4.3 / 192 km11 kmPotosi, Bolivia

Background:

Lava effusions along fissures at Quetena were considered to have occurred during the Holocene (Kussmaul et al., 1977). De Silva (2007 pers. comm.) indicated that volcanism in this area is pre-Holocene and may be Pleistocene or older.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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