Volcanic Activity in Chile

Turns out Chile has a ton of volcanoes. 

In fact, there's about 2,000 of them dotted around the Andes, but the majority of them are dormant or extinct. Chile has the second largest volcano chain in the world, after Indonesia. According to an article on ChileCulture.org, "About 500 volcanoes are potentially active, 36 are currently active and 44 have erupted at least once since 1820". In addition, there have been 15 eruptions in the last 20 years.

Other interesting facts
  • The last eruption in Chile was of Calbuco Volcano in Puerto Varas on April 22, 2015
Here's a time lapse video ;-)
~video~
  • According to the Global Volcanism Program, the Chaiten volcano in the southern region of Chile erupted in 2009 - its most recent eruption prior to it was around the year 7420 BC +/- 72 years (what the heck?!)
  • Most of the large volcanoes are stratovolcanoes
  • There's also plenty of geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles 
How Chile Warns its People
I actually wasn't able to find any information on this one (other than a guide from 2008 completely written in Chilean), though I assume the warning system they use for earthquakes and tsunamis must also apply to volcanic activity.
I did find these screenshots however, from a news website. 
The text across the top reads "DANGER ZONE - CHILLAN SNOWY VOLCANIC COMPLEX"
This one reads "ORANGE ALERT | Chillan snowy volcanic complex"

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Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2018 at 11:14 AM

    Hey, I found it very interesting that Chile has so many volcanoes! The Philippines has many volcanoes as well because it is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire. It's so cool that out of the many country's Chile has the second largest volcano in the world. This blog has been very insightful on the volcanic activity in Chile.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2018 at 2:32 AM

    I really liked the use of pictures and it is crazy how many volcanoes your location has. This was a very informative article to read.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2018 at 9:33 PM

    Wow that's interesting that Chile has the second largest volcano that is something that I did not know. I also had trouble finding what the country I picked does to warn of a volcano. I am hoping that there is some kind of plan. Good job thanks for sharing!

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