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Popocatépetl

Popocatepetl

Stratovulcano · Mexico · 5393 m

An ash plume rises above Popocatépetl, whose Aztec name means "Smoking Mountain." This aerial view is of the NE side of the massive volcano, which towers more than 3,200 m above the Valley of Mexico to the right in this December 1994 photograph. Frequent eruptions have been recorded since the pre-Columbian era. El Ventorrillo, the small peak on the right, is a remnant of the eroded Nexpayantla volcano, a predecessor to the modern cone of Popocatépetl.
An ash plume rises above Popocatépetl, whose Aztec name means "Smoking Mountain." This aerial view is of the NE side of the massive volcano, which towers more than 3,200 m above the Valley of Mexico to the right in this December 1994 photograph. Frequent eruptions have been recorded since the pre-Columbian era. El Ventorrillo, the small peak on the right, is a remnant of the eroded Nexpayantla volcano, a predecessor to the modern cone of Popocatépetl. · Foto: Photo courtesy of CENAPRED, Mexico City, 1994. · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Mexico
Regione
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
5393 m
Coordinate
19.023, -98.622
Ultima eruzione
2026
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Sintesi geologica

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, rises 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 400 x 600 m wide crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano. At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas to the south. The modern volcano was constructed south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major Plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 CE, have occurred since the mid-Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since Pre-Columbian time.

Sintesi da Wikipedia

Riassunto in inglese

Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and Mexico in central Mexico. It lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. At 5,393 m (17,694 ft) it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after Citlaltépetl at 5,636 m (18,491 ft). Popocatépetl is ranked 89th by prominence.

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Storia delle eruzioni

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7150 BCE~6845 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 46540 BCE~6234 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?5319 BCE~5014 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 43793 BCE~3488 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 52572 BCE~2267 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?1962 BCE~1657 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?436 BCE~131 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 5174~479 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?784~1090 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 41090~1395 · 3 eruzioni · VEI max. 21395~1700 · 19 eruzioni · VEI max. 31700~2005 · 15 eruzioni · VEI max. 37150 BCE5014 BCE2572 BCE436 BCE1700

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 2005VEI 2Osservata
    2005-01-09 – 2026-03-18
  2. 2004VEI 2Osservata
    2004-05-26 – 2004-05-26
  3. 1996VEI 3Osservata
    1996-03-05 – 2003-11-22
  4. 1994VEI 2Osservata
    1994-12-21 – 1995-10-05
  5. 1947VEI 1Osservata
    1947-01 – 1947-02
  6. 1942VEI 1Osservata
    1942 – 1943
  7. 1933VEI 1Osservata
    1933-01-23 – In corso
  8. 1925VEI 2Osservata
    1925 – 1927
  9. 1923VEI 1Osservata
    1923-11-27 – 1924-03-07
  10. 1919VEI 1Osservata
    1919-02-19 – 1922
  11. 1852VEI 1Stima geologica
    1852 – In corso
  12. 1834VEI 1Stima geologica
    1834 – In corso
  13. 1827VEI 1Stima geologica
    1827 – In corso
  14. 1802VEI 1Osservata
    1802 – 1804
  15. 1720VEI 1Osservata
    1720 – In corso
  16. 1697VEI 1Osservata
    1697-10-20 – In corso
  17. 1666VEI 2Osservata
    1666 – 1667
  18. 1663VEI 3Osservata
    1663-10-13 – 1665-10-19
  19. 1642VEI 2Osservata
    1642 – In corso
  20. 1592VEI 2Osservata
    1592 – 1594-10
  21. 1590VEI 2Osservata
    1590 – In corso
  22. 1580VEI 2Osservata
    1580 – In corso
  23. 1571VEI 2Osservata
    1571 – In corso
  24. 1548VEI 2Osservata
    1548 – In corso
  25. 1542VEI 2Osservata
    1542 – In corso
  26. 1539VEI 2Osservata
    1539 – 1540
  27. 1530VEI 2Osservata
    1530 – In corso
  28. 1528VEI 2Osservata
    1528 – In corso
  29. 1519VEI 3Osservata
    1519-09 – 1523
  30. 1518VEI 2Osservata
    1518 – In corso
  31. 1512VEI 2Osservata
    1512 – In corso
  32. 1509VEI ?Stima geologica
    1509 – In corso
  33. 1504VEI 2Osservata
    1504 – In corso
  34. 1488VEI 2Osservata
    1488 – In corso
  35. 1363VEI 2Stima geologica
    1363 – In corso
  36. 1354VEI 2Osservata
    1354 – In corso
  37. 1345VEI 2Osservata
    1345 – 1347
  38. 823VEI 4Stima geologica
    823-03-01 – In corso
  39. 250VEI ?Stima geologica
    250 – In corso
  40. 200 a.C. (±300 anni)VEI 5Stima geologica
    BCE 200 – In corso
  41. 1890 a.C. (±75 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 1890 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile
  42. 2370 a.C. (±75 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 2370 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile
  43. 3700 a.C. (±300 anni)VEI 5Stima geologica
    BCE 3700 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile
  44. 5150 a.C.VEI 4Stima geologica
    BCE 5150 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile
  45. 6250 a.C. (±500 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 6250 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile
  46. 7150 a.C.VEI 4Stima geologica
    BCE 7150 – In corso
    Volcán El Fraile

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