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Chile · Stratovolcano

Calbuco

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1974m
Last eruption
2015
Calbuco
Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1974m
Coordinates
-41.330, -72.618
Last eruption
2015
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Calbuco is one of the most active volcanoes of the southern Chilean Andes, along with its neighbor, Osorno. The late-Pleistocene to Holocene andesitic volcano is immediately SE of Lake Llanquihué in the Chilean lake district. Guanahuca, Guenauca, Huanauca, and Huanaque, all listed as synonyms of Calbuco (Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World), are actually synonyms of nearby Osorno volcano (Moreno 1985, pers. comm.). The edifice is elongated in a SW-NE direction and is capped by a 400-500 m wide summit crater. The complex evolution included collapse of an intermediate edifice during the late Pleistocene that produced a 3-km3 debris avalanche that reached the lake. It has erupted frequently during the Holocene, and one of the largest historical eruptions in southern Chile took place from Calbuco in 1893-1894 that concluded with lava dome emplacement. Subsequent eruptions have enlarged the lava-dome complex in the summit crater.

From Wikipedia

Calbuco is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, located southeast of Llanquihue Lake and northwest of Chapo Lake, in the Los Lagos Region, and close to the cities of Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt. With an elevation of 2,015 meters above sea level, the volcano and the surrounding area are protected within the Llanquihue National Reserve.

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Eruption history

36 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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8460 BCE~8111 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 58111 BCE~7762 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI ?7762 BCE~7412 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 47063 BCE~6714 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 56365 BCE~6016 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6016 BCE~5667 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 45317 BCE~4968 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 44619 BCE~4270 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2175 BCE~1826 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?429 BCE~80 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?80 BCE~269 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 4269~618 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?618~968 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41317~1666 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1666~2015 · 14 eruptions · max VEI 48460 BCE6016 BCE3222 BCE778 BCE1666

Detailed timeline

  1. 2015VEI 4Observed
    2015-04-22 – 2015-05-26
    Summit crater
  2. 1972VEI 2Observed
    1972-08-26 – 1972-08-26
  3. 1961VEI 3Observed
    1961-02-01 – 1961-03-26
  4. 1945VEI ?Observed
    1945-07-02 – end unknown
  5. 1932VEI ?Observed
    1932-07-02 – end unknown
  6. 1929VEI 3Observed
    1929-01-06 – 1929-01-06
  7. 1917VEI 3Observed
    1917-04-16 – 1917-05-16
  8. 1911VEI 2Observed
    1911-07-02 – 1912-07-02
  9. 1909VEI 2Observed
    1909-03-16 – end unknown
  10. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-04-22 – end unknown
  11. 1906VEI 2Observed
    1906-07-02 – end unknown
  12. 1894VEI 2Observed
    1894-11-16 – 1895-07-02
  13. 1893VEI 4Observed
    1893-01-07 – 1894-01-16
  14. 1792VEI ?Observed
    1792 – end unknown
  15. 1600 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1600 – end unknown
  16. 1380 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1380 – end unknown
  17. 710 (±60 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    710 – end unknown
  18. 520 (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    520 – end unknown
  19. 220 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    220 – end unknown
  20. 160 (±135 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    160 – end unknown
  21. 40 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    40 – end unknown
  22. 100 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    100 BCE – end unknown
  23. 330 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    330 BCE – end unknown
  24. 1920 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1920 BCE – end unknown
  25. 4300 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4300 BCE – end unknown
  26. 5030 BCE (±180 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    5030 BCE – end unknown
  27. 5820 BCE (±880 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    5820 BCE – end unknown
  28. 6300 BCE (±1035 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6300 BCE – end unknown
  29. 6760 BCE (±825 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    6760 BCE – end unknown
  30. 7550 BCE (±45 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    7550 BCE – end unknown
  31. 7930 BCE (±275 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7930 BCE – end unknown
  32. 7990 BCE (±290 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7990 BCE – end unknown
  33. 8100 BCE (±1300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8100 BCE – end unknown
  34. 8210 BCE (±290 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8210 BCE – end unknown
  35. 8320 BCE (±250 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8320 BCE – end unknown
  36. 8460 BCE (±155 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    8460 BCE – end unknown

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