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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Michoacan-Guanajuato
Parícutin, the volcano that grew in a cornfield in 1943, is a well-known feature of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field. The huge field contains over 1,400 vents covering a wide area across the Michoacán and Guanajuato states. Scoria cones are the predominant volcanic landform, and lava domes, maars, tuff rings, and lava flows are also present. Parícutin is seen here from the NE with the Nueva Juatita flank vent in the foreground, the main source of lava during the last five years of the eruption. Photo by Jim Luhr, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
341060
Volcano Name:
Michoacan-Guanajuato
Country:
Mexico
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
1952 CE
Elevation:
3860m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
5783287
Pop. within 10km:
5783287
Pop. within 30km:
5783287
Pop. within 100km:
5783287
Latitude:
19.85
Longitude:
-101.75
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The widespread Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field contains over 1,400 vents, including the historically active cinder cones of Parícutin and Jorullo, covering a 200 x 250 km wide area of Michoacán and Guanajuato states in west-central México. Cinder cones are the predominant volcanic form, but small shield volcanoes, lava domes, maars and tuff rings (many in the Valle de Santiago area), and coneless lava flows are also present. The volcanoes with shield-type morphologies are mostly Pleistocene in age, although the Michoacán-Guanajuato centers have higher slope angles and smaller basal diameters. Jorullo, which was constructed in the 18th century, and Parícutin, which grew above a former cornfield during 1943-52, are the two best known volcanic features scattered throughout the field.
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