Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it.

In 1985 23,000 peple dies as a result of lahars caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.

Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano?

A relatively small eruption in 1985 caused a devastating mud flow that killed almost 25,000 people in the town of Armero, marking one of the worst volcanic disasters in history.

Tectonic disasters overwhelm thousands of people worldwide, every year. The Cocos and Caribbean plates are not far away. Wiki says that the Nevado del Ruiz volcano is in Columbia, S. A., and that would mean the four plates would be (if I remember my plate map correctly) the North American Craton, the South American Craton, the Pacific Plate and the Cocos Plate. What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano? What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano? Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it.

Nevado del Ruiz volcano in central Colombia, 130 km WNW of Bogota, is a broad, glacier covered volcano. Covering over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles), Nevado del Ruiz is a large stratovolcano—a cone-shaped volcano built from successive layers of lava, ash, and pyroclastic flow deposits. Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. Nevado del Ruiz Volcano (image center) is located approximately 140 kilometers (87 miles) to the northwest of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá.

What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano?