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Peru · Stratovolcano

Ubinas

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5608m
Last eruption
2024
Ubinas
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Peru
Region
South America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
5608m
Coordinates
-16.345, -70.897
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The truncated appearance of Ubinas, Perú's most active volcano, is a result of a 1.4-km-wide crater at the summit.

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From Wikipedia

Ubinas is an active stratovolcano in the Moquegua Region of southern Peru, approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of the city of Arequipa. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it rises 5,672 metres (18,609 ft) above sea level. The volcano's summit is cut by a 1.4-kilometre-wide (0.87 mi) and 150-metre-deep (490 ft) caldera, which itself contains a smaller crater. Below the summit, Ubinas has the shape of an upwards-steepening cone with a prominent notch on the southern side. The gently sloping lower part of the volcano is also known as Ubinas I and the steeper upper part as Ubinas II; they represent different stages in the volcano's geological history.

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Eruption history

28 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
25
Uncertain eruptions
3
Span of confirmed record
8560 BCE (±300 yrs) – 2024
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 5 (1082)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
12
Summary (VEI over time)
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8560 BCE~8207 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7149 BCE~6796 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?966~1318 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 51318~1671 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 31671~2024 · 21 eruptions · max VEI 38560 BCE6090 BCE3268 BCE798 BCE1671

Detailed timeline

  1. 2024VEI 2Observed
    2024-05-06 – 2024-06-11
  2. 2023VEI 3Observed
    2023-06-22 – 2023-12-15
  3. 2019VEI 2Observed
    2019-06-24 – 2019-09-12
  4. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-09-13 – 2017-03-02
    Summit crater
  5. 2013VEI 2Observed
    2013-09-01 – 2016-02-27
    Summit crater
  6. 2010VEI 1Observed
    2010-07-18 – 2010-07-18
  7. 2006VEI 2Observed
    2006-03-25 – 2009-07-04
  8. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-06-16 – end unknown
  9. 1956VEI 2Observed
    1956-05-16 – 1956-10-21
  10. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-07-23 – end unknown
  11. 1937VEI 2Observed
    1937-06-16 – end unknown
  12. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-07-02 – end unknown
  13. 1906VEI 2Observed
    1906-10-16 – end unknown
  14. 1869VEI 2Observed
    1869-10-16 – end unknown
  15. 1867VEI 2Observed
    1867-05-24 – 1867-05-28
  16. 1865VEI 2Observed
    1865-07-02 – end unknown
  17. 1862VEI 2Observed
    1862-07-02 – end unknown
  18. 1830VEI 2Observed
    1830-07-02 – end unknown
  19. 1826VEI ?Method not stated
    1826-07-02 – end unknown
  20. 1784VEI 2Observed
    1784 – end unknown
  21. 1677VEI 3Observed
    1677 – end unknown
  22. 1667VEI 3Observed
    1667 – end unknown
  23. 1662VEI 3Observed
    1662 – end unknown
  24. 1600VEI 2Method not stated
    1600 – end unknown
  25. 1550 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Observed
    1550 – end unknown
  26. 1082 (±82 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    1082 – end unknown
  27. 6850 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6850 BCE – end unknown
  28. 8560 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8560 BCE – end unknown

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