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MOUNT PARICUTINBy Morgan Plont
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MOUNT PARICUTIN ERUPTED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1943 AND 1952.
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PARICUTIN VOLCANO, MEXICOIt is located in Mexico, about 200 miles west of Mexico City
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THIS VOLCANO IS A CINDER CONE VOLCANO, ALSO CALLED STROMBOLLIAN ERUPTION. A STROMBOLIAN ERUPTION IS GUSHING LAVA
FROM ONE VENT.
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DURING THE ERUPTION, THE VOLCANO MEASURED A 7.5.ON THE RICHTER SCALE.
A 7.5 MEANS GREAT DAMAGE.
Paricutin is near the: North American Plate, the Pacific Plate, Caribbean Plate, and the Cocos Plate.
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THE ERUPTION TOOK PLACE IN A CORNFIELD, ON FEBRUARY 20, 1943. A FARMER NAMED DIONISIO PULIDO WAS WORKING IN HIS FIELD WHEN
HE SAW THE GROUND CRACK AND SWELL 6 FEET HIGH! THE AIR SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN EGGS.
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The eruption generated a 50meter high cinder cone within 24 hrs. One week later, it was 100 meters high, which is taller than a football field!
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THE DAMAGE DONE FROM THE VOLCANO AND LAVA WAS OVER 10 MILES. OVER 7000 PEOPLE HAD TO RELOCATE.
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BEFORE AND AFTER
The Cathedral of San Juan Parangarancutiro was covered in lava up to the church tower. The church was 2.8 miles away from the volcano.
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THIS VOLCANO IS NOW A TOURIST ATTRACTION, AND IS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
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THIS VOLCANO IS NOW DORMANT, AND STANDS UP TO BE 10,400 FT. HIGH!
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FUN FACTS:
• It is now classified as an extinct volcano.
• Scientist were able to study the birth, activity and the death of a volcano.
• Lava cools ands hardens to make basalt.
• Cinder cone volcanoes are the most common types of volcanoes.
• The lava flowed 196 per minute= 11,760 feet per hour.
• The lava started flowing 5 days after the eruption.
• A cinder cone is also called scoria
• A holly wood movie was filmed by the church called ‘Captain from Castile’