As I have layed out in the previous Peru article, there are quite a handfull of interesting volcanoes in Peru; it’s hard to choose the next one to introduce here. I take Sabancaya, because it is one of the two currently rumbling (beside Ubinas), and we might get to hear more of it in the…
Seismic activity in Peru is caused by subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate beneath the South American continental plate, generating the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) as part of the Andean Volcanic Belt. However, active volcanoes are found only in southern Peru, at the beginning of the CVZ which extends south into northern Chile. The rest…
Current Status After a three year quiet period, in July 2013 a pilot-reported ash plume rising to an altitude of 18,000 ft a.s.l. signalled the start of a three month eruptive phase at Ubinas. GVP reported that this eruptive activity was VEI 2 [1]. Ubinas has been restless again since January 2014, following resumption of…
Ubinas volcano is Peru´s most active volcano with the composite cone rising to 5276 m on a high plateau. In the last 300 years Ubinas had 14 confirmed VEI 2 eruptions, the last ones in 2006 and 2013, see the GVP report for the eruptive history. The younger of the two major edifices Ubinas 1 and…
Ubinas has had 25 recorded eruptions since 1550 and is considered Peru’s most active volcano. Since the beginning of the month there have been 9 explosions of ash and gas which have damaged crops and polluted water supplies. Ubinas’ summit is at 5672 m and she is located in Moquegua province, 1250km south of Lima.…
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