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El Jorullo volcano

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El Jorullo


El Jorullo

El Jorullo is a cinder cone volcano in Michoacán, central Mexico, on the southwest slope of the central plateau, 33 miles (53 kilometers) southeast of Uruapan in an area known as the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field. Coordinates are 18°58′26.43″N 101°43′2.97″W / 18.9740083°N 101.7174917°W / 18.9740083; -101.7174917 (18.974008, −101.717492), about 6 miles (10 kilometers) east-northeast of La Huacana. Its current elevation is 1,320 metres (4,331 ft). El Jorullo has four smaller cinder cones which have grown from its flanks. The vents of El Jorullo are aligned in a northeast to southwest direction. Lava from these vents cover nine square km around the volcano. Later eruptions produced lavas that had higher silica contents making them thicker than the earlier basalts and basaltic andesite lavas. El Jorullo's crater is about 1,300 by 1,640 feet (400 by 500 meters) wide and 490 feet (150 meters) deep.

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