Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Michoacan-Guanajuato
5940 BCE · 19.85° N, 101.75° W
Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.
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What the records say
- When
- 5940 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 19.85° N, 101.75° W
- Date uncertainty
- ± 335 years
- Vent
- Cerro Grande?
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 341060
- Eruption number
- 20949
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page