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Parícutin

Michoacan-Guanajuato

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
3860m
Last eruption
1952
Parícutin
Photo: Jim Luhr, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Mexico
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3860m
Coordinates
19.850, -101.750
Last eruption
1952
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The widespread Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field contains over 1,400 vents, including the historically active cinder cones of Parícutin and Jorullo, covering a 200 x 250 km wide area of Michoacán and Guanajuato states in west-central México.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.

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Eruption history

11 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
10
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
7350 BCE (±300 yrs) – 1952
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1943, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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7350 BCE~7040 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 36730 BCE~6421 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 36111 BCE~5801 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4252 BCE~3943 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3013 BCE~2703 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32084 BCE~1774 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31155 BCE~845 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1014~1323 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1633~1943 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 47350 BCE5182 BCE2703 BCE535 BCE1633

Detailed timeline

  1. 1943VEI 4Observed
    1943-02-20 – 1952-02-25
    Parícutin
  2. 1759VEI 4Observed
    1759-09-29 – 1774
    Jorullo
  3. 1050 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Method not stated
    1050 – end unknown
    Valle de Santiago
  4. 1140 BCE (±865 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1140 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro el Zoyate
  5. 1880 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    1880 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro el Jabalí
  6. 2050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    2050 BCE – end unknown
    Valle de Santiago (La Alberca)
  7. 2750 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    2750 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro el Metate
  8. 4140 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4140 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro la Tinaja
  9. 5940 BCE (±335 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5940 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro Grande?
  10. 6480 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    6480 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro la Taza
  11. 7350 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    7350 BCE – end unknown
    Hoyo el Huanillo

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