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eruption of Paricutín
Two people watching the eruption of the volcano Paricutín on November 7, 1947, four years after it had begun.
Paricutín
volcano, Mexico
Paricutín, volcano, western Michoacán state, west-central Mexico, just north of the Tancítaro Peak and 20 miles (32 km) west-northwest of Uruapan. It formed as a result of a nine-year eruption, from 1943 to 1952, that began in an open field. It is one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth. On February 20, 1943, after several weeks of earthquakes, Paricutín began to erupt, throwing ash and lava out of an open field. Debris and fire destroyed and buried two villages and hundreds of homes. In the first year, the volcano’s cinder cone had risen 1,475 feet (450 meters) from the base ...(100 of 208 words)