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Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha ( Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, [ 3 ] Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha ) (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, [ 3 ] Spanish Rucu Pichincha ) (4,698 metres ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador. ... Last Eruption El Altar / Kapak Urku ... Guagua Pichincha: 4784: 15,692
The eruption of a volcano in Ecuador's Amazon region left several cities covered in ash on Tuesday, fueling concerns of a potential health impact as the South American nation slowly emerges from a ...
Since March 1997, Wawa Pichincha, 12 km to the west of Quito, began a period of unrest. Since May 1998, a seismic swarm occurred at Wawa Pichincha. Three days after the Bahía de Caráquez earthquake, on August 7, 1998, a moderate phreatic eruption occurred in Wawa Pichincha. [4]
It is located in Pichincha Province, some 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Quito. It is the third-highest mountain in Ecuador, at an elevation of 5,790 m (18,996 ft) above sea level. [2] Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. [1]
Guagua Pichincha [116] Ecuador 2000 2 A phreatic eruption on 12 March killed two volcanologists working on the lava dome. [128] 3 Soufrière Hills [129] Montserrat: 1997 19 A major eruption on 25 June 1997 caused pyroclastic flows to move at 60–100 mph, which killed 19 people and destroyed towns. [130] 2 Kanlaon [131] Philippines 1996 3
Quito's closest volcano is Pichincha, looming over the western side of the city. Quito is the only capital city that was developed so close to an active volcano. [21] Pichincha volcano has several summits, among them Ruku Pichincha at 4,700 m (15,400 ft) above sea level and Guagua Pichincha at 4,794 m (15,728 ft).
The active tectonics of Ecuador is dominated by the effects of the subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.Ecuador lies within the Northern Volcanic Zone where the subduction zone is moving at a rate of 7 cm/yr to the east-northeast, significantly oblique to the trend of this segment of the Andes.