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Soche volcano

stratovolcano 3955 m / 12,976 ft
Ecuador, 0.55°N / -77.58°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Soche volcano books
Typical eruption style: explosive
Soche volcano eruptions: 6650 BC (?)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Fri, 14 Jul
Fri, 14 Jul 20:12 UTCM 3.4 / 7 km9 km COLOMBIA-ECUADOR BORDER REGION
Fri, 14 Jul 14:57 UTCM 4.0 / 10 km14 km COLOMBIA-ECUADOR BORDER REGION
Volcán el Soche is a small stratovolcano in northern Ecuador near the border with Colombia west of Río Chingual. A small village, La Bonita, is located on the southern side of the volcano.
The volcano has a summit caldera open towards the east. There are no historic eruptions, but a large explosive eruption has been radiocarbon dated at 7720 BC. This eruption produced a tephra layer over the NW of Columbia and formed 2 lava domes inside the caldera after the explosive phase of the eruption had ended


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