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Tupungatito Volcano | John Seach
Chile/Argentina
33.40 S, 69.80 W
summit elevation 6000 m
stratovolcano
Tupungatito Volcano is located on the central Chile/Argentina border, 80 km east of Santiago. The volcano consists of 12 craters and a pyroclastic cone. Glacier-filled Nevado Sin Nombre caldera is on the southern side of the volcano.
Eruptions of the volcano are controlled by a north-south fracture system. Andesitic lava flows at Tupungatito have not been eroded. The volcano possibly contains two magma chambers.
2009 Earthquake
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred 7.5 km SW of the summit of Tupungatito Volcano on 15th August 2009.
Further reading
Benavente, Oscar, et al. "Origin of fumarolic fluids from Tupungatito Volcano (Central Chile): interplay between magmatic, hydrothermal, and shallow meteoric sources." Bulletin of volcanology 75.8 (2013): 1-15.
Muņoz, M., 1983. Eruption patterns of the Chilean volcanoes Villarrica, Llaima, and Tupungatito. pure and applied geophysics, 121(5), pp.835-852.
Tupungatito Volcano Eruptions
1986, 1980, 1968, 1964, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1959, 1958, 1946-47, 1925, 1907, 1901, 1897, 1889-90, 1881?, 1861, 1835?, 1829