This volcano is located in Paricutin, Mexico, which is 19.5 N, and 10.2W

It is approximately 10,400 feet tall (3,170 meters)

Our Volcano is Oceanic, Continental.

This Volcano is part of the “Ring of Fire.”

The Pacific Plate collided with the North American Plate, convergent, to create the Paricutin volcano.

Our volcano (Paricutin) is a cinder cone.

We think the eruption was very loud, because three weeks before the eruption, the people near the Paricutin village heard the rumbling noises that resembled thunder. They were confused because the skies were clear of clouds. The noises they heard were associated with earthquakes.

The Lava Chemistry is obviously the colors that are scene, red, yellow, and orange. After the eruption, the only thing that was left was ash that covered a 25 square kilometers.

One day, in 1943, Dominic Pulido, a Tarascan Indian farmer in central Mexico, witnessed the start of the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, right in his corn field, which was all ready to plant.

Paricutin was a disaster for the farmer, and the Mexican area. The Volcanoes lava from the eruption spread almost 25 square kilometers. It caused trauma for many people. This also included two villages, which were both covered with lava. The surroundings were paved with ash so thick that it killed the forests. Amazingly enough, no one was killed.

Paricutin isn’t just famous for erupting in a corn field if that’s what you’re thinking. It was a remarkable volcano discovery to scientists, because it was the very first in history to be seen by someone, from birth to death. The Paricutin volcano erupted from1943 and continued to 1952 where it then died out.

Did you know that most of the explosive activity was during the first year of the eruption when the cone grew to 1,100 feet (336 m). It continued to grow for another 8 years but added only another 290 feet (88 m).

Also, Effusive activity began on the second day and continued to the end of the eruption.

The following pictures are from the natural disaster from the Paricutin Volcano:

Cleaning Up

Explosions

The Village

Watching the Eruption

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