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Las Pilas (El Hoyo) Volcanic Complex, Nicaragua

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Growth The oldest pre-Tanaga volcanic rocks date back at least 295 ka.  These are basalts on top of the Cable Bay Debris Avalanche deposit.  There are other debris avalanche outcrops on the N shore, but none of them are as old. The source for the Cable Bay deposit is unknown, though likely N and W […]

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My initial plan for this post was to look into a 2022 – 2023 earthquake swarm at Takawangha volcano on Tanaga Island, mostly because it was an Aleutian volcano I had never heard of.  But like most of these posts, the more you find out about the immediate locale, the more initial plans end up […]

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El Valle is a broad stratovolcano located some 80 km SW of Panama City.  It is cut by the 6 km diameter El Valle de Anton caldera formed some 56 ka.  The caldera has steep 200 – 300 m walls. The caldera floor is flat, formed by deposits of a former lake, currently occupied by […]

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