Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.

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 …

Parícutin, the famous volcano that grew out of a Mexican cornfield, erupted from 1943 to 1952. [Image of an ash cloud rising from some low hills hear the horizon, at the end of a view across some fields with a few trees in them. The scene changes to video of a dark gray ash cloud rising from behind a stand of trees at the edge of a cornfield.

2023年6月21日 · The Parícutin Volcano is a remarkable natural wonder located in Mexico. It is considered one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth, as it suddenly emerged from a cornfield in 1943 and rapidly grew into a towering mountain.

2021年9月16日 · The Parícutin volcano is considered to be the most notable volcano among all the scoria-cone type volcanoes on Earth. It is also one of the youngest volcanoes among the 1,400 volcanic vents that form a part of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field.

Paricutin volcano, a towering force of nature in Michoacán, Mexico, rises over 1,300 feet from once-fertile fields. Born in 1943, its eruption rapidly transformed the landscape, burying villages beneath ash and lava.

24 hours after Pulido discovered the crack in his field, a furious volcano towered 165 feet over his property, spraying ash and molten rock and continuing to grow. The newborn volcano was a part...

The eruption of the Paricutin scoria cone from 1943 to 1952 marks the first time scientists were able to observe the complete life cycle of a volcano, from birth to extinction. Geologists from many parts of the world came to study this extraordinary volcanic event.

2024年9月14日 · The Paricutín Volcano, located in Michoacán, Mexico, is one of the world's youngest and most studied volcanoes. Its sudden emergence in 1943 from a cornfield startled locals and scientists alike, marking a unique opportunity to observe the complete life cycle of a cinder cone volcano.

2011年7月28日 · The eruption that created Paricutin began in 1943 and continued to 1952. Most of the explosive activity was during the first year of the eruption when the cone grew to 1,100 feet (336 m). The cone continued to grow for another 8 years but added only another 290 feet (88 m).