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Title

Paricutin Volcano 

Latitude

19.16849 

Longitude

-101.89969 

Place

Michoacán, Mexico 

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found more than one match, and returned the lat/long for the centroid of the best AdminDivision1 match 

World_Time

Natural Wonders 

Image_Url

/thumbnails/Paricutin.png 

Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%ADcutin 

Brief

Paricutín and Jorullo both rose in an area known for its volcanoes. Called the Mexican Volcanic Belt, the region stretches about 700 miles from east to west across southern Mexico. Geologists say that eruptive activity deposited a layer of volcanic rock s 

Year_Constructed

1943 

Description

On February 19, the day before the volcano began to erupt, some 300 earthquakes shook the ground. On February 22, with the new cone rising and fiery skyrockets descending, the first of many geologists who would monitor and map Paricutín's behaviour over t 

Description_2

 

Tooltips

 <img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Paricutin.png'><br><p><b>Paricutin Volcano</b><BR><b>Type:</b> Natural Wonders<br><b>Location: </b>Michoacán, Mexico<br><b>Built:</b> 1943</p> 

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            On February 19, the day before the volcano began to erupt, some 300 earthquakes shook the ground. On February 22, with the new cone rising and fiery skyrockets descending, the first of many geologists who would monitor and map Paricutín's behaviour over t</td>
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LargeImage

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Attachments
Content Type: VFSP Geo List
Created at 7/11/2007 3:59 PM  by Keith Stoneman 
Last modified at 7/16/2007 12:58 PM  by Keith Stoneman