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Block of lava encased in tephra – products of different types of eruption at Cotopaxi. There was a major eruption from 1903 to 1904, and minor activity persisted until at least 1940 and possibly 1942. [9] (Note that direct observations of minor eruptions can be difficult because of bad weather, hence the uncertainty about the 1942 "eruption.")
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador. In Ecuador, EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this Andean nation. [1] ... Last Eruption Alcedo: 1130:
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 (15,413 ft)).
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 ...
Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's 84 volcanos, began a fiery multi-day eruption around February 27th. It has spewed ash more than 20,000 feet in the air and has exploded at least 70 times, according to ...
Several pyroclastic flows were generated that killed at least five people, and destroyed a number of hamlets and roads on the eastern and northwestern slopes of the volcano. [16] A further eruption and evacuation occurred on 4 December 2010. Ecuador's National Agency of Risk Control issued a "red alert", later downgraded to orange. [17]
Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso] ⓘ) is a stratovolcano situated in Ecuador in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes.Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D. [4] Although not the tallest mountain in the Andes or on Earth relative to sea level, its summit is the farthest point on Earth's surface from the Earth's center due to its location ...
Quilotoa (Spanish pronunciation:) is a water-filled crater lake and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.The 3-kilometre (2 mi)-wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash ...