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Mocho-Choshuenco Volcano | John Seach
Chile
39.927 S, 72.027 W
summit elevation 2422 m
Stratovolcano
Mocho-Choshuenco Volcano is located in central Chile. The volcano contains parasitic craters and scoria cones on the NE and SW flanks.
Mocho-Choshuenco Volcanic Complex is considered one of the most hazardous volcanoes in Chile's Southern Volcanic Zone.
In the past 18,000 years Mocho-Choshuenco has experienced three large (volume = 1 km3) Plinian eruptions (Neltume, Pirehueico and Huilo) and a large pyroclastic density current and associated sub-Plinian event (Enco).
Based on geological surveys, an explosive eruption has occurred every ~ 220 years with the youngest, confirmed eruption from Mocho-Choshuenco in 1864.
Further reading
Peña, C., Cabello, C. and Tassara, A., 2021. Dynamic and kinematic characterization of the basement structures of the Mocho-Choshuenco Volcanic Complex, Southern Andes, Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 111, p.103435.
Rawson, Harriet, et al. "The frequency and magnitude of post-glacial explosive eruptions at Volcán Mocho-Choshuenco, southern Chile." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 299 (2015): 103-129.
McMillan, Nancy J., et al. "Crustal sources involved in continental arc magmatism: A case study of volcan Mocho-Choshuenco, southern Chile." Geology 17.12 (1989): 1152-1156.
Mocho-Choshuenco Volcano Eruptions
1937?, 1864