Get our newsletter!     Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.  VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.  The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. Guaranteed tours: : spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out Random pictures | |  Ubinas is Peru's most active volcano. A small, 1.4-km-wide caldera cuts the top of the volcano. The steep-walled, 150-m-deep summit caldera contains an ash cone with a 500-m-wide and 200 m deep crater Debris-avalanche deposits from the collapse of the SE flank of Ubinas about 3700 years ago extend 10 km from the volcano. Widespread plinian pumice-fall deposits from Ubinas include one of Holocene age about 1000 years ago. Holocene lava flows are visible on the volcano's flanks, but historical activity, documented since the 16th century, has consisted of intermittent minor-to-moderate explosive eruptions.
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Source: abbreviated from Global Volcanism Program information on Ubinas
Stratovolcano 5672 m (18,609 ft)
Peru, -16.36°S / -70.9°W Current status: restless (2 out of 5) Ubinas webcams / live data | ReportsUbinas volcano videosUbinas volcano booksUbinas volcano eruptions:
2014-16, 2009-2010, 2006-08, 1969, 1956, 1951, 1937, 1907, 1906, 1869, 1867, 1865, 1862, 1830, 1826(?), 1784, 1677, 1662, 1600, 1550 ± 50y Typical eruption style:Explosive Last earthquakes nearbyLatest satellite images  Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 News from Ubinas volcano:Ubinas volcano (Peru): weekly volcanic activity report 7 October - 13 October 2019Tuesday Oct 15, 2019 11:04 AM | BY: MARTIN  Volcano Ubinas (image: IGP)
IGP recorded and analyzed during the period 7 October - 13 October 2019 approximately 3533 volcano-tectonic earthquakes under magnitude M 2.1. No volcanic explosions have been recorded since 12 September 2019. Surveillance cameras registered emissions of blue gases and water vapor that reached 6600 m (22 000 ft) altitude. Source: Instituto Geofísico del Perú Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 7 October-13 October 2019Previous newsTuesday, Oct 08, 2019 The Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) recorded and analyzed 3769 seismic events with the eruptive process. Seismic activity and thermal anomalies would be associated with the rise and proximity of magma onto the surface. ...
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