GVP volcano 341120 · no holder yet
El Chichon
El Chichon is a 1,150 m lava dome in Mexico, last erupted in 1982.
- Type
- Lava dome(s) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,150 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1982
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1982
- Eruptions
- 13 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.36°N 93.23°W · Mexico
- Region
- Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 341120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).