Ecuador · Caldera
Pululagua
Pululahua
- Type
- Caldera
- Elevation
- 3360m
- Last eruption
- 290
- Type
- Caldera
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 3360m
- Coordinates
- 0.046, -78.490
- Last eruption
- 290
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Caldera
- Major rock type
- Dacite
Geological summary
Pululahua is a relatively low, forested volcano about 15 km N of Quito. The 5-km-wide summit caldera is narrowly breached to the west and partially filled by a group of dacitic lava domes.
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From Wikipedia
Pululahua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululahua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide.The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 4800 BCE – 290
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 5 (690 BCE)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 290VEI ?Geological estimate290 – end unknown
- 450 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate450 BCE – end unknown
- 690 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate690 BCE – end unknown
- 4800 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate4800 BCE – end unknown
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