Volcanic Activity: Paricutin, Mexico (Britannica.com)
March 12th, 2010 | by rarzi |
A nine-year eruption (1943-52) of ash and lava from an open field in Michoacan state, Mexico, buries the nearby Tarascan Indian village of Paricutin and creates a new cinder cone volcano. **************Related Links************** Paricutin – www.britannica.com Tarasco – www.britannica.com Volcano: Pyroclastic Cones – www.britannica.com FREE NEWSLETTERS – mailinglist.britannica.com
21 Responses to “Volcanic Activity: Paricutin, Mexico (Britannica.com)”
By 8Raza0Alterada5 on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
im proud to be from there San JUAN NUEVO =D
By coMortEl on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
oh min godddddd…. ma prof de geo avait donc reson il ne reste ke le cloche de la villle c fou ce kun volcan peut faire oh min gode…
By morrizxd on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
xD it does…
By morrizxd on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
this place is like a 700 Km (435 Miles) away from mexico city
By ilikeyouallot on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
i think mexico city has several cones you can see them in old paintings from mexico’s valley before became larger
By wrappydo on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
lol…i am learning spanish and thats funny how they called it San Juan Old and now it is San Juan New…i guess it makes sense
By sarahkwills77 on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
This is the Volocano my Teacher Assingned me
By lvskshyne on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
oh yeah its true
ive saw it like 10 years ago
used to live close
By lvskshyne on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
YUP SAN JUAN NUEVO ive been there
they have like a tiny play of the explosion
By lvskshyne on Mar 12, 2010 | Reply
I’VE GONE TO THAT PLACE 2 TIMES
By lvskshyne on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
no they go bom bom boM! bom! boooooom bom bOOMM BOOM!!!!!!!!!
By jadedmastermind on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
Paricutin is a monogenetic volcano, meaning it erupts only once in its life. However, if you look at google earth in the area surrounding Paricutin, you’ll see many other older cinder cones. It’s part of a volcanic field where each eruption is in a different place, rather than being centralized like in Mount Vesuvius. There will be more eruptions in the area of Paricutin in the future, but they will not be from Paricutin itself.
By violinistslythie7 on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
The volcano go boom XD
Paricutin is so pretty O.O;; And whoever said it was fake… it’s not… trust me… I’ve been researching it for weeks now for school =P
By Snailbarf on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
I’m a bit skeptical how scientists could be so sure of this, but apparently Paracutin is classified as extinct, being a monogenetic volcano (part of a volcanic field without an extensive plumbing system like a regular volcano). Like I say, how scientists, who struggle to predict things like when a volcano will erupt, can be so sure it is extinct and not just dormant sounds a bit fishy.
By HiMyNameIsJesus on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
this shit is not fake go to google earth and look for it its there thats all true
By curpitez on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
Im a native to those lands, San Juan Viejo,
its no fake! That town was relocated and now is called San Juan Nuevo.
By cargil10 on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
it´s not a fake I´m from Morelia and I´ve been there 2 times, it is so unbelieveble that the volcano didn´t do anything to the church… you should be there ´cause it´s a beatyful place
By gly17 on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
its not fake!!
By gcuellar82 on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
Dude, a swer to God it’s not fake. I was there last week and it’s very impressive how everything is covered by rocks. Probably the sounds of the blasts in the video are fake, but not the images or the story.
By dacamo555 on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
impresionante como dejo el volcan el poblado, el paricutin es uno de los lugares que visitar cuando viajes a michoacan
By dakaisar on Mar 13, 2010 | Reply
FAKE