Tabuchía
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Tabuchía is an alternate name for Nevado del Ruiz, a large active stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes notorious for its devastating 1985 eruption.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nevado del Ruiz | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| 1985EruptionDeaths | about 23000 people ⓘ |
| affectedTown | Chinchiná NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateNameOf | Nevado del Ruiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| deadliestEruptionIn | history of Colombia ⓘ |
| department |
Caldas Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tolima Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedTown | Armero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | about 5321 m ⓘ |
| eruptionDate | 13 November 1985 ⓘ |
| eruptionRecurrence | frequent Holocene activity ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle | explosive ⓘ |
| eruptionType | Plinian ⓘ |
| glacierCoverage | glaciated summit ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
La Mesa de Herveo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabuchía NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrater | Arenas crater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSummitIceCap | yes ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicHazardMap | yes ⓘ |
| hazard |
pyroclastic density currents
ⓘ
volcanic mudflows ⓘ |
| lastMajorEruption | 1985 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andes
ⓘ
Colombian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera Central NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | Servicio Geológico Colombiano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Cordillera Central NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Armero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ibagué NERFINISHED ⓘ Manizales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver |
Gualí River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laguna River NERFINISHED ⓘ Laguna de la Magdalena headwaters ⓘ |
| notableFor | devastating 1985 eruption ⓘ |
| notableVictim | Omayra Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| produced |
ash fall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| region | Central Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ |
| VEI | 3 ⓘ |
| volcanicArc | Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.