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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Tajumulco
Tajumulco is seen here from the NNW. It rises above deeply eroded valleys within plutonic and Tertiary volcanic rocks. Prior to this 1986 photo there had been several unconfirmed reports of eruptions. Photo by Bill Rose, 1986 (Michigan Technological University).
Volcano Number:
342020
Volcano Name:
Tajumulco
Country:
Guatemala
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Elevation:
4203m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
2398
Pop. within 10km:
71560
Pop. within 30km:
796805
Pop. within 100km:
5255535
Latitude:
15.043
Longitude:
-91.903
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Tajumulco is Guatemala's highest peak and the highest volcano in Central America. Two summits, one with a 50-70 m wide crater, lie along a NW-SE line. A lava flow from the ~4200-m-high NW summit traveled down a deep valley on the NW flank. The andesitic-dacitic volcano was constructed over the NW end of a large arcuate SW-facing escarpment of uncertain origin. Tajumulco has had several unconfirmed reports of historical eruptions. Sapper (1917) considered it to have erupted during historical time, but without accurate dates. The volcano was reported to eject many rocks, destroying houses on 24 October 1765, but this may have been a rock avalanche. Juarros reported some eruptions before 1808, and there are unlikely reports of eruptions in 1821 (or 1822), 1863, and 1893 (Incer 1988, unpublished manuscript).
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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Emissions Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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Data from the MaGa Database
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