What the records say
- When
- 29 Mar 1982
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 17.36° N, 93.23° W
- Vei
- 5
- Deaths
- 1879
- Missing
- 1755
- Damage musd
- 3.3
- Volcano type
- Tuff cone
El Chichón
Volcano in Chiapas, Mexico
El Chichón, also known as Chichonal, is an active stratovolcano in Francisco León, north-western Chiapas, Mexico. El Chichón is part of a geologic zone known as the Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. El Chichón's cone has a complex of domes with a tuff ring, made of ejected volcanic material, located between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Central America Volcanic Arc.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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