The two last weeks of February in 1964 the volcano showed signs of unrest, such as small but still violent lava effusions followed by temblors. On March 1 at 2:45 am the volcano begun a strombolian eruption. Dwellers at Coñaripe, a wood-logger town, woke up in the night and fled to the surroundings hills while it was raining after hearing strong noises and temblors. As the volcano was capped by an early autumn snowfall to its foothills[citation needed] the melting for snow and ice from Pichillancahue-Turbio Glacier produced together with the heavy rainfalls several lahars. Coñaripe, then located on the northwestern shores of Calafquén Lake, had about half of its buildings destroyed and was later reconstructed further east.
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