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Quezaltepeque volcano

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Quezaltepeque


Quezaltepeque (volcano) is located in Guatemala

Quezaltepeque is a volcanic field in Chiquimula, Guatemala at 14°34′0″N 89°27′0″W / 14.56667°N 89.45000°W / 14.56667; -89.45000. It has erupted in the Holocene. It is an area of basaltic lava flows was erupted from vents along a north-south trending fault without explosions, cutting through Tertiary pyroclastic rocks WNW of Ipala volcano about 5 km south of Quezaltepeque town. These basaltic flows issued passively from vents along a N-S-trending fault without accompanying explosive activity. There are mounds of lava over the vents.

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