No casualties were reported. The ash plumes from El Chichón added a large load of sulfur dioxide (see below) and particulates to the atmosphere that circled the globe in a few weeks. A similar but possibly slightly larger explosion could be seen on the satellite image returned at 0930 on 6 April. In total, nine villages were destroyedover the course of the eruption. The andesite magma from El Chichón has about 2.6 weight percent SO3, many times more than most magmas. Image 2: False-color image of El Chichón seen in 1980, prior to the eruption. Tens of thousands of people fled the area. In Ostuacán, 12.5 km NW of the summit, tephra was 15-20 cm thick after the 4 April eruption, including pumice as large as 15 cm in diameter. Large explosions; voluminous ashfalls; many deaths; first eruption in historic time, Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, Eruptions, Earthquakes & Emissions Application. -1982 eruption killed 2000 people-small but powerful-erupted constantly from March 28 to April 4 1982 -it is the most southern and eastern volcano in Mexico-1982 eruption also affected the Earth's climate for a couple years-almost 220,000 years old. El Chichón eruption in 1982‎ (6 F) Media in category "El Chichón" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Image courtesy of NASA. The pyroclastic flow was followed by two plinian eruptions that produced plumes that reached at least 29 km (see below). Apr. The Volcano El Chichon, Mexico: El Chichon is the most southern and eastern volcano in Mexico. El Chichón est un petit cône de tuf trachyandésitique à dôme de lave qui occupe une partie isolée de la région du Chiapas au Sud-Est du Mexique, loin des autres volcans datant de l'Holocène. Erupción. The powerful 1982 explosive eruptions of high-sulfur, anhydrite-bearing magma destroyed the summit lava dome and were accompanied by pyroclastic flows and surges that devastated an area extending about 8 km around the volcano. Volcanoes. A light ashfall occurred in Houston during the night of 7-8 April and samples were collected for analysis by NASA geologists. Officials reported that as many as 100 persons may have been killed by the eruption and associated seismic activity. These false-color satellite images were collected on Februrary 21, 1980 by Landsat-3, and on March 11, 1986 and June 4, 2011 by Landsat-5. The eruption began with a pyroclastic flow that ran out over 8 km from the volcano. Espíndola, J.M., et al., 2000. Volcanic Eruption, El Chichon´ On March 29th, April 3rd and April 4th, 1982, the El Chichon volcano in Southern Mexico erupted, injecting´ about 7 million metric tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2)and 20 million metric tonnes total of particulate material into the stratosphere. It was the worst volcanic disaster in Mexico's recorded history. 117-132. Many roofs had been destroyed. Geologists thought it was likely that pyroclastic flows had moved through the area. 28, 1982 that it was fully realized that El Chichón was far from dormant. Solfataras and hot springs were present in the crater and on the flanks. Image 5: The summit of El Chichón after the 1982 eruption. Initial estimates of the number of additional deaths varied, ranging as high as 100, and many more were probably killed on the SW flank during this or subsequent eruptions (see 5 paragraphs below). 459-471 Den største kronen, den tidligere toppen av vulkanen, ble dannet inne i et 1,6 x 2 kilometer stort krater, som man mener er omkring 200.000 år gammelt..Historie, utbrudd, siste nytt, bilder + litt fakta og litt info rundt. It is a small, but powerful andesitic tuff cone and lava dome complex that occupies an isolated part of the Chiapas region far from other Holocene volcanoes. Image from University of Hawaii. Nine intensity peaks were detected, of which five were clearly from the eruption. El Chichón was by no means a remarkable-looking volcano prior to 1982 (see right) -- it is merely a complex of domes with a tuff ring made of ejected volcanic material. It sits between two volcanic arcs -- the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Guatemalan Belt -- and in a region with few active volcanoes. Soc. An infrared image 3.5 hours later showed a temperature of -76°C at the top of the eruption cloud, corresponding to an altitude of 16.8 km, identical to the altitude measured from the 28 March plume. Smithsonian Institution. Soc.Am. Extreme heat made it impossible to approach the village of Francisco León, 5 km SW of the summit. More than ten large explosive eruptions have occurred since the mid-Holocene. Bull.116, pp. Vigorous feeding of the plume continued for several hours but had clearly ended by 0600. No previous eruptions of El Chichón are known in historic time. Explosive activity resumed about 2000. El Chichón volcano in southern Mexico forms a broad symmetrical cone with a diameter of 10 km at itsbase and is capped by a 600 m wide crater containing a 80 m high andesitic lava dome. Activity during 4 April 1982. Shortly afterward, an ash flow flattened trees in the valley surrounding the pumice flow deposit and left a relatively thin layer of ash that had a temperature of 94°C at 10 cm depth 3 days later. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 23, pp 11-37. Prior to 1982, this relatively unknown volcano was heavily forested and of no greater height than adjacent non-volcanic peaks. On the origin of El Chichon Volcano and subduction of Tehuantepec Ridge: A geodynamical perspective. Throughout 1980 and 1981 there were a number of earthquakes in the area. Near the volcano, the landscape was covered by 25 to 40 cm of airfall and villages 7 km from the volcano has roofs destroyed by 50- to 60-cm diameter bombs. Volcano Profile |  Inspection of a satellite image returned late 11 April showed a moderately dense cloud extending from México to just W of Hawaii, spreading from roughly 300 km wide near the Mexican coast to nearly 850 km near its distal end. Der El Chichón, auch El Chichonal, ist ein Vulkan im Nordwesten von Chiapas, Mexiko. A plume generated by a smaller explosion was observed on satellite imagery at 1130 on 5 April. A thin plume drifted E about 120 km before dissipating. Sigurdsson, H., et al., 1984. The 26 May 1982 breakout flows derived from failure of a volcanic dam at El Chichón, Chiapas, Mexico. 1360 A.D. (although a small explosion may have occurred in ca. Second, El Chichón shows us that it might not take a large eruption to have a significant impact on global climate. Volcanic history of El Chichón Volcano (Chiapas, Mexico) during the Holocene, and its impact on human activity. 27, p. 156-170. The 1982 eruptions of El Chichón Volcano produced three major pumice- and ash-fall layers. El Chichón is part of a geologic zone known as the Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. Toshio Fujita, The abnormal temperature rises in the lower stratosphere after the 1982 eruptions of the volcano El Chichon, Mexico., Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics, 10.2467/mripapers.36.47, 36, 2, … The 1982 eruption of El Chichón volcano, Mexico: Eyewitness of the disaster De la Cruz-Reyna and A. L. Martin Del Pozzo Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico The rapid escalation of activity at El Chichón is very similar to what happened at Chaitén in Chile during its 2008 eruption -- the time between the first signs of an impending major eruption from a volcano thought to be "dormant" and the explosion itself was very short. Over 24,000 square kilometers of countryside were covered with ash as a majority of the material erupted came in the form of airfall. At Pichucalco, ~20 km NE of the summit, 15 cm of ash was reported, and 5 cm of ash fell at Villahermosa (population 100,000), 70 km NE of the volcano. First, even volcanoes that seem benign can be very dangerous. Very little was known about this volcano, with few geological studies and little to no monitoring of activity. The pumices contain 58 wt. Before the 1982 eruption, the volcano was heavily forested, with a shallow crater, 1,900 X 900 m, elongate NNW-SSE. Oxford University Press, 536 pp. This first eruption only last two to three hours, but in that time, about 0.3 cubic kilometers (dense rock equivalent) were erupted at a rate four times the intensity of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Earthquakes had been increasing over February and March 1982, enough to cause some people living near the volcano to leave, but little was done to increase monitoring or awareness of the volcano, even after geologists who had mapped the volcano in 1980-1981 had warned that it was hazardous. The total acoustic energy of this activity was significantly greater than that produced by the early morning explosions, and the eruption plume was denser and probably rose somewhat higher. The cloud of volcanic gases and parti- 7, no. Avant 1982, ce volcan relativement inconnu était fortement boisé et pas … Of the roughly 1,000 residents of Francisco León, about half had reportedly left before the eruption because of the many felt earthquakes in February and March, but the remainder were missing in early April. Advertisement Apr. The May 26, 1982, breakout flow derived from failure of a volcanic dam at El Chichón Volcano, Chiapas, Mexico Bull. 28, 1982, this all changed. El Chichón is a small, but powerful trachyandesitic tuff cone and lava dome complex that occupies an isolated part of the Chiapas region in SE México far from other Holocene volcanoes. El domingo 28 de marzo de 1982, a las 23:32, se registró un sismo de magnitud 3.5, le siguió una erupción que arrojó ceniza, rocas y gases hasta una altura de 17 km en la atmósfera.Esta ceniza estuvo cayendo en las inmediaciones del volcán en los días que siguieron, hasta el sábado 3 de abril. The eruption of El Chichón teaches us two very important lessons about monitoring volcanoes. The total volume of the eruption was much smaller than Pinatubo in 1991, but its effect on global climate was as significant as its bigger cousin. Lockwood, J.P. and Hazlett, R.W., 2010. Government officials reported ashfall over an area of 24,000 km2 and crop damage of $55,000,000. 1850). Sigurdsson, H., et al., 1984. El Chichon was believed to be an extinct volcano since it had been more than 600 years since it’s last eruption. GSA Bulletin, v. 116, pp. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198203-341120. Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. Today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most important volcanic events of the 20th century -- the eruption of El Chichón in Mexico. As with the initial explosion 28 March, the powerful gravity waves generated by this event indicated that the eruption column struck the tropopause forcefully. of Alaska; K. Coulson, T. DeFoor, MLO, HI; C. Wood, NASA, Houston; Notimex Radio, México; New York Times; UPI. This week–long eruptive outburst (VEI 5) produced world–wide volcanic gas clouds, extensive ash fall, and surges and pyroclastic flows. Your email address is used to log in and will not be shared or sold. Reference. El Chichón released a remarkable amount of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere - almost 7 to 10 million tons, or roughly seven times that of the equivalently sized St. Helens eruption. (In fact, pottery shards are found in deposits from the volcano as far back as 2,500 years before present.) Special thanks to R. Simmon for the false-color Landsat images of El Chichón. A somewhat larger explosion that was first visible at 1500 produced a cloud that rose into the mid-troposphere and moved about 350 km N. Activity was declining by 1900. 4 was the last major explosive event at El Chichón. Nine distinct signals were recorded, including a strong gravity wave, indicating that the eruption column struck the tropopause. Information Contacts: C. Lomnitz, S. de la Cruz-Reyna, F. Medina, UNAM, México; M. Krafft, Cernay; D. Haller, C. Kadin, M. Matson, NOAA/NESS; A. Krueger, NOAA/NWS; F. Mauk, Teledyne Geotech; C. Wilson, Univ. The climactic phase, on 3 April at 07:35 (4 April at 01:35 GMT), destroyed the central andesitic dome and fed pyroclastic surges and flows that dammed nearby … Fires had been started near the volcano due to all the hot volcanic material falling on the flanks of the volcano. Image 3: The village of Francisco Leon before/after the 1982 eruption. An AVHRR weather satellite image, both visible and thermal, of the April 4, 1982 plume from El Chichon in Mexico. A small explosion shortly before 1330 on 31 March produced a plume that reached the upper troposphere and blew to the E but dissipated quickly. In a little under a week, the seemingly dormant volcano in Chiapas produced three Plinian eruptions that killed at least 1,900 people living near the volcano and also released a remarkable amount of sulfur dioxide and particulates into the atmosphere relative to the size of the eruption. Image 1: False-color image of El Chichón seen in 1986. The El Chichon volcano complex in Chiapas, Mexico, as seen on March 11, 1986, when the devastation of the 1982 eruption is still clear. 4, with only smaller vulcanian and phreatic (steam-driven) explosions from the volcano -- and all this time people chaotically evacuated the area. The 26 May 1982 breakout flows derived from failure of a volcanic dam at El Chichón, Chiapas, Mexico. Image 4: Satellite image (optical and thermal) of the April 4 plume from El Chichón. The eruptions created a new 1-km-wide, 300-m-deep crater that now contains an acidic crater lake. By 0530 the next morning, satellite images showed the main plume extending from the Yucatán Peninsula, S of Cuba, to Haiti, and remnants of the more diffuse plume over the E Pacific Ocean at about 15°N, and 118-119°W. Müllerried (1933) describes voluminous airfall deposits from previous eruptions that he believed to be post-Pleistocene. I've talked about the "missing eruption of 1258 A.D.", which most people assume needs to be a volumetrically large eruption, however as El Chichón shows, even an eruption that only released about one-tenth of the material of the 1991 Pinatubo eruption can have as large, if not larger, climate impact. Analysis of wind conditions at 25 km altitude in Hawaii and México indicated a likely drift of ~ 5-7 m/s (roughly 430-600 km/day) towards the W, which would carry volcanic debris from El Chichón to Hawaii in 1.5 to 2 weeks. Igualmente provocó cuantiosas pérdidas económicas, especialmente por la muerte de ganado y por la destrucción de amplias zonas agrícolas. El Chichon was the first major eruption to have its atmospheric effects studied in detailed by modern instruments. This material helped warm the stratosphere by 4°C and cool the north hemisphere by 0.4-0.6°C -- one of the most significant cases of cooling in the past few centuries. The flow is estimated to have been moving at 100 m/s and, most famously, destroyed the village of Francisco Léon (see above), killing as many as 1,000 people. However, small earthquakes were felt around the area in 1980 into 1981, but little was done to increase monitoring around the supposedly quiet volcano. A small explosion during the early afternoon of 2 April ejected a mushroom-shaped cloud that rose to ~ 3.5 km altitude in 30 minutes. 233-246 View Record in … Image from Lockwood and Hazlett (2010). The haze from the eruption reduced visibility to a few kilometers as far as 700 km from the volcano and produced vibrant sunsets around the world. Geol. Duffield, W.A., et al., 1984, Geology of El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, Mexico. After the eruption, a dam on the Río Magdalena made of volcanic debris breached, flooding the valleys with hot water (as hot as 82°C) that destroyed bridges and a hydroelectric station. Read our privacy policy. 4, the volcano opened up yet again, this time producing an even bigger eruption than on Mar. Ground observers reported that the comparatively minor activity lasted about 3 hours and that no incandescent tephra was ejected. Er ist der jüngste Vulkan im nordwestlichen Teil des rund 150 Kilometer langen Chiapanikanischen Vulkanbogens (Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc, CVA). However, recent research suggests this might not be possible based on the isotopic composition of the sulfur. At El Chichón in 1982, the initial VEI 3 explosion was followed 6 days later by a VEI 5 eruption (GVP, 1982;Espíndola et al., 2006; De la Cruz-Reyna and Martin Del Pozzo, 2009). Image 6: False-color image of El Chichón seen in 2011. Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland. Satellite images showed renewed explosive activity early 3 April. Felt earthquakes were also reported early 4 April. A dense tephra cloud drifted ENE from the volcano and a much more diffuse plume moved in roughly the opposite direction (figure 1). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 20, pp. Midway between Ostuacán and Francisco León, a river was boiling and flattened trees could be seen upslope. The 26 May 1982 breakout flows derived from failure of a volcanic dam at El Chichón, Chiapas, Mexico. Acoustic data recorded by Teledyne Geotech indicated that explosions probably occurred every 2-3 minutes, generating a few initial gravity waves and a complex series of acoustic waves that continued for 48 minutes. The pumice flow deposit appeared to have been emplaced as two separate events in rapid succession. La última explosión se produjo el 4 de abril. El Chichón volcano has produced at least 12 … After several weeks of local seismicity, explosions in late March and early April ejected a series of tephra columns, two of which penetrated well into the stratosphere. The total eruption released about 1.1 cubic kilometers of material (dense rock equivalent), or roughly the same as St. Helens in 1980 and a new crater that was a kilometer across and 300 meters deep was formed (an acidic lake has since formed in the crater; see below). Because of the danger of mudflows when the rainy season begins around the end of April, authorities established a prohibited zone extending outward 10 km from the summit. It is the youngest volcano in the northwestern part of the 150-km-long Chiapanecan volcanic arc. Image courtesy of NASA. Volcanoes: Global Perspectives. Want it all? If you are a Zinio, Nook, Kindle, Apple, or Google Play subscriber, you can enter your website access code to gain subscriber access. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 175, pp. What's the Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder? In hand specimen, the tephra appeared to be a crystal-rich andesite or dacite containing hornblende and considerable feldspar. What Gives Your Favorite Whiskey Its Unique Flavor? Macías J.L., et al., 2003. sample period. 28. A second but much smaller explosion was observed on the satellite imagery at about 0900 on 30 March. Residents of Nicapa, a village on the NE flank, took refuge in a church that was toppled by a M 3.5 earthquake, killing 10 people and injuring about 200. NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer. Image courtesy of NASA. Cocoa, coffee, and banana crops were destroyed, and the cattlemen's association requested that animals from a wide area be transported for butchering because ashfall had made grazing impossible. After the initial blast on Mar. Wind speeds near the volcano apparently remained relatively low and most of the cloud remained over S México and N Guatemala more than 24 hours later. Initially, none of the tephra appeared to be drifting in a direction consistent with the lower stratospheric circulation, but significant aerosol development in the stratosphere is indicated by the lidar measurements described in the next-to-last paragraph of this report. It also lowered atmospheric transmission of sunlight to the surface significantly. However, the effects of this eruption were not limited to Mexico. In 1980 and 1981, deep tremors started shaking the earth in southwest Mexico. Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 7:3. Geologists created hazard […] At its distal end, the deposit was about 100 m wide and 3 m thick and contained pumice blocks 1 m in diameter. El Chichón after the eruption in 1982 | Picture by Global Volcanism Program | Museum of Natural History. Wiley-Blackwell, 552 pp. Airfall tephra thickness in Nicapa, 7 km NE of the summit, totaled 25-40 cm [but see 7:4] after the 4 April eruption. Temperatures measured by a thermocouple at 40 cm depth on 8 April averaged 360°C, and were as high as 402°C. Smaller explosions, calculated to have begun at 0312, generated acoustic waves and a single gravity wave that were received near Dallas for 10 minutes. Los efectos para las poblaciones cercanas fueron devastadores, con entre 1700 y 2300 personas fallecidas y más de 20000 lugareños que lo perdieron todo. Save up to 70% off the cover price when you subscribe to Discover magazine. Studies on a suite of rocks from this volcano indicate that the juvenile materials of the 1982 and pre-1982 eruptions of the volcano have essentially the same mineralogy and chemistry. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 23, pp 11-37. It wasn't until the first major explosive eruption occurred on Mar. El Chichon, Mexico - 1982 . Tephra falls were very heavy near the volcano, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes, and causing major damage to crops and livestock. El Chichon, Mexico 1982 El Chichon was another volcano in which residents had little warning of impending danger. Satellite images returned at 0728 on 9 April and 0238 on 10 April both showed small diffuse plumes, drifitng NNE and SSE respectively. It also means that monitoring should not be limited to those volcanoes that are historically very active, but also to volcanoes that could pose a danger if active resumed. A pumice flow deposit from the 4 April eruption extended ~ 5 km NE from the summit, terminating ~ 2 km from Nicapa. El Chichón's most recent eruption began on March 28, 1982 and devastated an area of about 10 km around the volcano and covered southeastern Mexico with ash fall . (However, with the lower activity, some did return, with dire consequences.). At Nicapa, on the NE flank, 7.5 cm of new ash was reported and a haze of SO2 was visible during the day. Activity during 5-11 April 1982. El Chichon is the most southern and eastern volcano in Mexico. What the Bog Bodies of Europe Tell Us About Ancient Cultures. Two other large craters are located on the SW and SE flanks; a lava dome fills the SW crater, and an older dome is located on the NW flank. Some even considered El Chichón to be dormant or extinct. El volcán El Chichón (también conocido como Chichonal) [1] se localiza en la región montañosa que colinda con los municipios de Pichucalco, Francisco León y Chapultenango, en el noroeste del Estado mexicano de Chiapas, a unos 25 km de Pichucalco (), y a unos 75 km tanto de Villahermosa como de San Cristóbal de las Casas (). The nearest neighboring Holocene volcanoes are 275 km and 200 km to the southeast and northwest, respectively. During the next 5 hours, ash drifted over N Guatemala and Belize. Geologists working a few km NE of the summit reported that about 2 mm of wet ash fell at about 1000 on 8 April and 1130 on the 9th. At the time, Mexican officials estimated that over $55 million (equivalent to about $132 million in today's dollars) of damage was done to the coffee, cocoa and banana crops and cattle ranchers had to move their herds as pastureland was covered in ash as well. Prior to 1982, this relatively unknown volcano was heavily forested and of no … It is a small, but powerful andesitic tuff cone and lava dome complex that occupies an isolated part of the Chiapas region far from other Holocene volcanoes. Get unlimited access when you subscribe. Low-altitude (1.5-2 km) ejecta from the 4 April explosion also moved northward, and a slight change in wind direction blew the ash cloud further N and inland over Texas by late 7 April. Over 75 percent of the major eruptions for the past few millenia have come from volcanoes with no known historical eruption. The eruption of El Chichón is still the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history. The 1982 eruptions from El Chichón volcano, Mexico: Stratigraphy of pyroclastic deposits. La erupción más reciente del Chichonal tuvo lugar el 28 de marzo de 1982. 28, things quieted down at El Chichón until Apr. Prior to 1982, this relatively unknown volcano was heavily forested and of no greater height than adjacent nonvolcanic peaks. rapid escalation of activity at El Chichón, Chaitén in Chile during its 2008 eruption, a dam on the Río Magdalena made of volcanic debris breached, largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history, recent research suggests this might not be possible, even volcanoes that seem benign can be very dangerous, Geology of El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, Mexico, Volcanic history of El Chichón Volcano (Chiapas, Mexico) during the Holocene, and its impact on human activity, The 26 May 1982 breakout flows derived from failure of a volcanic dam at El Chichón, Chiapas, Mexico, The 1982 eruptions from El Chichón volcano, Mexico: Stratigraphy of pyroclastic deposits, How Salt Transforms Our Food and Impacts Our Bodies, Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science. Thanks to the over 600 years since the last major eruption of El Chichón, few people living near the volcano (or even in the geologic community) appreciated the danger that it posed. Prior to the 1982 eruption, the volcano had not erupted since ca. 4 was the last major explosive event at El Chichón. Geologists reported that earthquakes as strong as magnitude 1.5 were recorded about every 3 minutes 6 April. Surface and vault microbarographs and a KS36000 (SRO-type) seismograph operated by Teledyne Geotech near Dallas, Texas (1,797 km from El Chichón) received 22 minutes of infrasonic signals generated by explosive activity. Data from laser radar (lidar) measurements at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (about 19.5°N, 155.6°W) during the nights of 9-10 and 10-11 April indicated that El Chichón had injected large quantities of volcanic material into the stratosphere. The calculated start time for this activity was 0250 and signals continued for 14 minutes. Esta erupción vino precedida … Activity during 28-29 March 1982. So, although the volcano erupted infrequently, when it did, it did it with gusto (a typical pattern for volcanoes with longer repose times). Pyroclastic flows and surges obliterated nine villages, killing about 2,000 people, and ashfalls downwind posed socio–economic hardships for many thousands of inhabitants of the States of Chiapas and Tabasco. This means that is it vital to map all volcanoes in volcanically active regions to better understand their patterns of behavior. A stronger explosion, possibly larger than the initial event on 28 March, first appeared on the NOAA geostationary weather satellite image returned at 0530 on 4 April and was reported by ground observers to have started at 0522. El Chichón erupted in 1982; prior to this, activity had not occurred since c.1360, although debates in literature occur around an eruption occurring in c.1850. Geologic Background. The eruptions of El Chichón between 28 March and 4 April 1982 produced a variety of pyroclastic deposits. The 1982 eruptions from El Chichón volcano, Mexico: Stratigraphy of pyroclastic deposits. 233–246 Manea, M., Manea, V.C., 2008. Most of the casualties on the N flank were reportedly caused by fires started by incandescent airfall tephra. La erupción del Volcán Chichonal del 28 de marzo de 1982 es la peor de la historia en México Although the volume of the eruption was small (< 1 cubic km of alkalic trachyandesite tephra, similar in volume to Mount St. Helens), El Chichon was also notable because it released an unusually large volume of aerosols (7 Mt of SO2 compared to 1.0 for Mount St. Helens). Bombs as large as 50-60 cm in diameter had made numerous holes in the roofs of houses and many other roofs had collapsed. Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news. 233-246. Geol. 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