Santo Tomas volcano
Updated: Aug 8, 2022 22:04 GMT - Refresh
Stratovolcano(es) 3542 m / 11621 ft
Guatemala, 14.71°N / -91.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.71°N / -91.48°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Santo Tomas volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
Thursday, August 4, 2022 GMT (2 quakes) | ||||
Aug 4, 2022 5:40 pm (GMT -6) (Aug 4, 2022 23:40 GMT) | 3.9 39 km | 254 km (158 mi) Mexico: 107 Km Al SUROESTE De PIJIJIAPAN, CHIS | ||
Aug 4, 2022 2:44 am (GMT -6) (Aug 4, 2022 08:44 GMT) | 4.3 62 km | 190 km (118 mi) Mexico: 43 Km Al Suroeste De Mapastepec, México | ||
Monday, August 1, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
Aug 1, 2022 6:01 am (GMT -6) (Aug 1, 2022 12:01 GMT) | 4.2 22 km | 298 km (185 mi) OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO | ||
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 GMT (2 quakes) | ||||
Jul 27, 2022 2:17 am (GMT -6) (Jul 27, 2022 08:17 GMT) | 3.9 17 km | 292 km (181 mi) Mexico: 136 Km Al SUROESTE De PIJIJIAPAN, CHIS | ||
Jul 26, 2022 10:47 pm (GMT -5) (Jul 27, 2022 03:47 GMT) | 4.1 83 km | 87 km (54 mi) Mexico: 15 Km Al NOROESTE De CD HIDALGO, CHIS |
Background
Volcán Santo Tomás (also known as Volcán Pecul) is a large eroded stratovolcano located across a valley SE of Santa María volcano. The summit is capped by late-Quaternary andesitic tephra. A winding ridge connects it to Volcán de Zunil, 4.5 km NE, a stratovolcano that forms the topographic high point of the Santo Tomás-Zunil complex. Solfataras and thermal springs are located on the ridge's W side. Volcán de Zunil is located on the SW rim of the 4-km-wide, 600-m-deep Tzanjuyub caldera, which is breached to the S by the Río Masa. Several dacitic-rhyolitic lava domes are located on the caldera's N flank and the NW flank of Volcán de Zunil. The youngest dome, Cerro Zunil, was last active about 84,000 years ago (K-Ar dating). No Holocene eruptions at Santo Tomás are known, although the volcano was included in the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Mooser et al., 1958) based on its geothermal activity.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Santo Tomas Photos

10. Distant View Of The Volcanoes From The Summit Of Volcan Tajumulco 4220m At Sunrise - From Right To Left - Santaguito (Erupting), Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Zunil, Atit...


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