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  2. Parícutin - Wikipedia

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    The eruptions ended in 1952, leaving a final scoria cone with a height of 424 meters from the valley floor. [9] [11] The eruption destroyed or heavily damaged a 233 km 2 area, [7] and almost all of the vegetation within several kilometers of the crater was destroyed. [9] The volcano spread lava over 26 km 2, with 52 km 2 covered in volcanic ...

  3. Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field - Wikipedia

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    It is a volcanic field that takes the form of a large cinder cone field, with numerous shield volcanoes and maars. Pico de Tancítaro (3860 m) is the highest peak. The volcanic field is best known for the 18th-century eruption of Jorullo volcano, and 20th-century eruption of Parícutin volcano.

  4. Volcanism of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The most severe eruptions on Earth in historical times took place in Indonesia. In 1815, the giant eruption of Mount Tambora, a stratovolcano, became the largest known eruption in the world during historical times, and it had such a large effect on the climate that the following year, 1816, in Europe was known as the year without summer. 40 km 3 of ash were produced as a result of the eruption ...

  5. List of volcanic eruptions 1500–2000 - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia 1990 32 A strong and explosive eruption in early February 1990 produced a 12 km high column of tephra, heavy tephra falls and several pyroclastic flows. 32 people were killed, over 500 homes and 50 schools were destroyed and many others were damaged. [9] 4 Klyuchevskaya Sopka [10] Russia 1987 4 Chikurachki [11] Russia 1986 4 Augustine ...

  6. List of volcanoes in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Notable volcanoes in Mexico include Popocatépetl, one of the country's most active and dangerous volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), the highest peak in Mexico, and Parícutin, a cinder cone volcano that famously emerged from a cornfield in 1943. Mexican volcanoes play a significant role in the country's geography, climate, and culture ...

  7. Volcanological Survey of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Volcanological Survey of Indonesia is the official Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources which are responsible for investigating, recording, and warning about volcanoes within the Indonesian region of responsibility and geological hazard mitigation.

  8. Volcanic cone - Wikipedia

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    Later eruptions typically produce new cones within a volcanic field at separation distances of a few kilometers and separate by periods of 100 to 1,000 years. Within a volcanic field, eruptions can occur over a period of a million years. Once eruptions cease, being unconsolidated, cinder cones tend to erode rapidly unless further eruptions occur.

  9. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Known large eruptions after the Paleogene period (from 66 Mya to 23 Mya) are listed, especially those relating to the Yellowstone hotspot, Santorini caldera, and the Taupō Volcanic Zone. Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas do appear ...