Paricutin volcano is located in which country?

Paricutin volcano is located in which country?

• A. Canada
• B. Mexico
• C. Guatemala
• D. Peru

Answer: (B)

Paricutin is located in Mexico, in the central highlands of the country, in the state of Michoacán. It rose as a new cinder cone in a farmer’s field and erupted publicly from 1943 to 1952, making it one of the best-documented examples of a volcano’s birth and growth. The area is part of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field, a region shaped by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the North American Plate, which provides the magma that feeds central Mexican volcanoes. The other countries listed aren’t in that region, so they don’t match where this volcano sits.