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1: Location of Cotopaxi volcano in relation with the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. The bottom left figure shows the subduction of the Nazca plate under the South American plate (∼ 6 cm/yr), the approximate location of the Carnegie Ridge (CR), and the Western (WC) and Eastern (EC) cordillera. The picture represents Cotopaxi's north face, taken by Hall and Mothes in 2004 (Modified from: Hall and Mothes, 2008).
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Cotopaxi, a glacier-clad stratovolcano located in Ecuador, showed signs of unrest in April
2015, which ramped up until August 14, 2015, with the advent of phreatomagmatic explosions. Time-lapse gravity measurements started at Cotopaxi volcano in June 2015. Minor gravity changes were detected prior to eruptive activity, however, the largest gravity...