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What is the youngest volcano?

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Pericutin came up through a cornfield in Mexico in 1943. It now stands about 424 meters (1391 feet) above the level of the cornfield.

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Lo`ihi, the youngest volcano of the Hawaiian Volcanic Chain. Loihi seamount, sometimes known as the "youngest volcano" in the Hawaiian chain, is an undersea mountain rising more than 3000 meters above the floor of the Pacific Ocean (Loihi is the red-capped nub that is pointed out in the of the image above).

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Paricutin in state of Michoacan in Mexico first erupted in 1943.

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