Avalanche of Armero

By: Tomas Toro Cadavid

 What is Armero?

Armero was a municipality in the

Tolima department, bathed by the
rivers Lagunilla, Cuamo, Sabandija
and Magdalena
How was the avalanche
of Armero?
On November 13, 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz
volcano erupted at 11:30 p.m. and buried the
population of Armero, covering 85% of the
municipality; only a tenth of its inhabitants
managed to survive the tragedy in which more than
25,000 people died. 20611 were injured and
injured.
November 13, 1985
On the night of November 13, 1985, the Nevado
del Ruiz volcano, located on the border between
the departments of Caldas and Tolima, in
Colombia, erupted, triggering a huge lahar that
completely buried the city of Armero.
Location
Nevado Del Ruiz
The Nevado del Ruiz, also known as
Mesa de Herveo, and in pre-Columbian
times such as Cumanday, Tabuchía and
Tama, is the northernmost of the active
volcanoes in the Andes volcanic belt,
located on the border between the
departments of Tolima and Caldas, in
Colombia.
Where is
located the
Nevado Del
Ruiz?
 In late 1984 geologists noted that seismic activity
in the area had begun to increase. The
appearance of fumaroles, the deposition of sulfur
on top of the volcano and some phreatic eruptions
alerted geologists to the possibility of an eruption.
precedents The phreatic events, produced by encountering
rising magma with water, continued until
September 1985, firing high jets of steam into the
air. Activity began to decline in October, probably
because the new magma had ended its climb
inside the volcanic structure.13
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