Volcanes en Nicaragua (23)

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Nicaragua has 19 active volcanoes which form a NW-SE running chain mostly inside the Nicaraguan Depression graben. The volcanoes and graben structure are related to the northeastward subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate along the Middle American Trench.

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Erupciones volcánicas significativas: Nicaragua

In historic times, at least 8 volcanoes have been active en Nicaragua, including San Cristobal, Concepción y Telica volcanoes. A total of 191 eruptions have been witnessed and documented since alrededor de 1524 AD.
The table below lists the most recent volcanic eruptions, significant eruptive episodes or related events en Nicaragua since around 2010.

Fecha	Volcán	VEI	Región	Daños
2015 oct 3 - en curso	Masaya Santiago crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2024 jul 5 - jul 7	San Cristobal	?	Nicaragua	desconocido
2024 may 16	Concepción	?	Nicaragua	desconocido
2023 jul 5	San Cristobal	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2020 dic 27 ? - 2022 jun 26	San Cristobal	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2021 abr 21 - 2022 mar 29	Telica	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2020 jul 20 - dic 9	Telica	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2019 mar 4	San Cristobal	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2018 jun 21 - ago 15	Telica	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2018 abr 22	San Cristobal	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2017 ago 18 - nov 11	San Cristobal Summit crater	3	Nicaragua	desconocido
2017 feb 18 - abr 19	San Cristobal Summit crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2015 sep 23 - 2016 may 11	Telica Telica crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2016 abr 22	San Cristobal Summit crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2015 dic 1 - 2016 abr 7	Momotombo Summit crater and NW flank	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2015 mar 5 - jun 12	San Cristobal Summit crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2015 may 7 - may 28	Telica Telica crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2014 jul 20 - oct 1	San Cristobal Summit crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2014 feb 4 - abr 12	San Cristobal Summit crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2013 sep 25	Telica Telica crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2013 jun 7	San Cristobal Summit crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2012 dic 26 - dic 28	San Cristobal Summit crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2012 sep 8 - sep 15	San Cristobal Summit crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2012 abr 30 - jun 8	Masaya Santiago Crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2011 ago 21 ? - oct 23	San Cristobal Summit crater	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2011 mar 7 - jun 14	Telica Southern crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido
2009 dic 11 - 2011 mar 12	Concepción	1	Nicaragua	desconocido
2010 jun 9 - 2011 ene 13	San Cristobal Summit crater	2	Nicaragua	desconocido

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Remark:

Our list of volcanic eruptions closely follows the database of eruptions of the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project (GVP), the internationally most recognized data source for volcanic eruptions, but also includes significant eruptive episodes or related volcano events. "Volcanic eruptions" are usually to be understood as sequences of individual eruptive episodes that can follow each other, or even overlap (if several vents are involved), and can last many years, decades or even longer. For example, the current activity of Stromboli volcano is understood as a single eruption that has been ongoing since 1934.

Fuentes: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K | Global Volcanism Project / Smithsonian Institution

Nicaragua FAQ

+When was the last volcanic eruption en Nicaragua?

The last volcanic eruption en Nicaragua was from San Cristobal volcano in 2024.

+When was the first documented volcanic eruption en Nicaragua?

The first historically documented eruption occurred alrededor de 1524 AD from Masaya volcano.

+How often do volcanoes en Nicaragua erupt?

Since 1524 AD, Nicaragua has seen at least 191 historically documented eruptions. This means that a volcano erupts on average every 2.6 years.

+How active are the volcanoes en Nicaragua?

Nicaragua is volcanically extremely active: Since 1900, at least 7 volcanoes en Nicaragua have been active. Almost every year, at least one volcano has erupted en Nicaragua. The last volcano to erupt en Nicaragua was San Cristobal volcano, which erupted in 2024, 10 months ago.

+When was the largest volcanic eruption en Nicaragua?

The largest eruption en Nicaragua in historic times was from Cosigüina volcano. It occurred in 1835. It ranks as a plinian eruption with a magnitude 5 on the VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) scale. Eruption of this size are often catastrophic on a regional scale.

Terremotos más recientes: Nicaragua

En los últimos 7 días, Nicaragua tuvo 1 sismo de magnitud 4.4, 14 sismos de magnitud 3+ y 18 sismos de magnitud 2+. También hubo 3 temblores pequeños por debajo de la magnitud 2.0 que la gente normalmente no siente.

Un Magnitud 3.4 sismo ocurrió en Océano Pacífico Norte, Nicaragua .

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Fecha y hora	Mag / Prof.	Volcán más cercano / Ubicación
19 abr 17:04 (Costa Rica)	4.4 60 km	121 km SO de Orosí	Océano Pacífico Norte, 47 km al norte de Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica I FELT IT - 7 reports	Más
19 abr 17:02 (GMT -6)	3.6 17 km	95 km SO de Cosigüina	Océano Pacífico Norte, 99 km al suroeste de Chinandega, Chinandega, Nicaragua I FELT IT	Más
19 abr 06:33 (GMT -6)	3.6 98 km	36 km SO de Mombacho	Near Coast of Nicaragua I FELT IT	Más
viernes, 18 abril 2025 GMT (2 sismos)
18 abr 08:35 (GMT -6)	3.9 33 km	59 km S de Cosigüina	Near Coast of Nicaragua I FELT IT	Más
18 abr 02:53 (GMT -6)	3.8 35 km	64 km SO de Nejapa-Miraflores	Near Coast of Nicaragua I FELT IT	Más
jueves, 17 abril 2025 GMT (1 sismo)
17 abr 15:20 (Tiempo Universal)	3.8 11 km	216 km SO de Nejapa-Miraflores	Off Coast of Costa Rica I FELT IT	Más

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Terremotos significativos en Nicaragua desde 1900

El terremoto más mortífero en Nicaragua desde 1900 fue the magnitude 6.2 earthquake en

Nicaragua, Managua on diciembre, 23, 1972. Resultó en 10,000 muertes y 20,000 personas heridas. Este fue el terremoto más desastroso en Nicaragua jamás registrado. Este también fue el terremoto más dañino que ocurrió en este tiempo: las pérdidas económicas totales se estimaron en el equivalente a $3 mil millones de dólares estadounidenses. Un número desconocido casas y otros edificios fueron destruidos y un número desconocido gravemente dañados.

Fecha	Mag	Región	Fallecidos	Daños
1992 Sep 2	7.6	Masachapa; Costa Rica	170	pesado	Info
1972 Dec 23	6.2	Managua	10,000	catastrófico	Info
1951 May 6	6.5	El Salvador: Jucuapa	1,100	pesado	Info
1931 Mar 31	5.6	Managua	2,450	pesado	Info
1930 Mar 31	?	Managua	1,000	pesado	Info

Fuente: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

All Quakes in History

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Sismos más antiguos (hasta 1960) en amarillo, los más recientes (desde el 2000) en rojo.

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Terremotos significativos en Nicaragua FAQ

+¿Cuál fue el sismo más mortífero? en Nicaragua desde 1900?

El terremoto más mortífero en Nicaragua desde 1900 fue the magnitude 6.2 earthquake en Nicaragua, Managua on diciembre, 23, 1972. Resultó en 10,000 muertes y 20,000 personas heridas. Este fue el terremoto más desastroso en Nicaragua jamás registrado.

+¿Cuántas personas murieron por los sismos en Nicaragua desde 1900?

Desde 1900, al menos 9 terremotos se han cobrado un total estimado de 15,000 muertes en Nicaragua.

+¿Cuánto daño causaron los sismos en Nicaragua desde 1900?

Ha habido 27 terremotos dañinos durante este período que han causado pérdidas económicas de aprox. $3.3 mil millones de dólares estadounidenses combinado.

Lista de volcanes

Apoyeque

(pyroclastic shield 518 m / 1,699 ft)

Apoyeque volcano forms the broad Chiltepe Peninsula in western Nicaragua and extends into south central Lake Managua
The Apoyeque volcano is part of a larger volcanic complex and consists of a low 500 m high shield cut by a 2.8 km wide and 400 deep lake-filled caldera and a... [más info]

Apoyo

(Caldera 600 m / 1969 ft)

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Cerro el Ciguatepe

(stratovolcano 603 m / 1,978 ft)

Cerro el Ciguatepe volcano is located in the Nicaraguan interior highlands, east of the Nicaraguan depression and one of several Quarternary volcanoes in this area.
It contains a well-reserved 1.5 km wide summit crater, which contains a blocky lava dome and a young lava fl... [más info]

Cerro Negro

(cinder cones 728 m / 2,388 ft)

Cerro Negro, Central America's youngest volcano was born in April 1850 and is one of the region's most active volcanoes. It has been producing frequent strombolian eruptions, occasional lava fountains and lava flows, and powerful explosive eruptions every few decades.
Cerro... [más info]

Cerro San Jacinto

(Stratovolcano 300 m / 984 ft)

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Concepción

(stratovolcano 1700 m / 5,577 ft)

The steep stratovolcano Conception in January 2012 (photo: Antony / www.facebook.com/antony.van)

Concepción volcano is a steep symmetrical stratovolcano with a perfect shape and one of the most active volcanoes of Nicaragua. During the past 100 years, it has been in a near-constant state of small to medium ash explosions at irregular intervals.
Together with its neighb... [más info]

Cosigüina

(stratovolcano 872 m / 2,861 ft)

Cosigüina (or Cosegüina) volcano in western Nicaragua forms a large peninsula into the Gulf of Fonseca. The last eruption of the volcano was in 1959, but periods of unrest have occurred in recent years and in 1835, it produced the largest known historic eruption in Nicaragua. más info]

Esteli

(volcanic field 899 m / 2,949 ft)

Esteli volcano is a group of young fissure vents, cones and lava flows located 36 km south of Honduras in the northern interior highlands between the town of Estelí and the border. The volcanic center is not on the main volcanic front of Nicaragua, but 70 km NE of the main volcan... [más info]

Granada

(fissure vents 300+ m / 984 ft)

Granada volcano is a system of N-S trending fissure vents, cinder cones and craters located in western Nicaragua between the city of Granada (the oldest city founded by Europeans on the American continent) on the northwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua and the northern flanks of Mom... [más info]

Las Lajas

(shield volcano 926 m / 3,038 ft)

Las Lajas is a basaltic shield volcano 20 km north of Lake Nicaragua. La Lajas is the youngest of a group of volcanoes east of the Nicaraguan graben. Based on its fresh morphology, it could be still active.
Las Lajas volcano has a 7 km wide and 650 m deep caldera, which co... [más info]

Las Pilas

(volcanic field 1088 m / 3,570 ft)

Las Pilas volcano is a volcanic complex near Cerro Negro volcano 75 km NW of the capital Managua.
The volcano consists of several cones around the central vent, Las Pilas, which contains a 700 m wide and 120 m deep crater and is the site of the recent activity.
El Ho... [más info]

Maderas

(stratovolcano 1394 m / 4,573 ft)

Maderas volcano is a basaltic to dacitic stratovolcano on the SE end of Ometepe island in Lake Nicaragua. It has a a 800 m wide summit crater which contains the small lake Laguna de Maderas at the bottom.
Maderas is still active, but the latest activity dates back more than... [más info]

Malpaisillo

(Pyroclastic shield 181 m / 594 ft)

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Masaya

(caldera 635 m / 2,083 ft)

Masaya volcano 25 km SE from Managua is one of Nicaragua's most active and usual volcanoes.
In contrast to most other volcanoes in subduction zones, it has been erupting mainly fluid basaltic lava. At the time of the Spanish Conquistadors, it contained an active lava lake ... [más info]

Mombacho

(stratovolcano 1344 m / 4,409 ft)

Mombacho volcano is an active andesitic and basaltic stratovolcano located about 10 km south of the city of Granada, west of Lake Nicaragua and a few kilometers SE of Laguna Apoyo.
A possible historic eruption occurred in 1570, when a debris avalanche destroyed a village on... [más info]

Momotombo

(stratovolcano 1297 m / 4,255 ft)

Momotombo volcano is a symmetrical stratovolcano rising as a peninsula above the NW part of Lake Managua, Nicaragua. It is one of the most known volcanoes of the country.
Momotombo is located at the SE end of the Marrabios Range. It consists of the remnant of an older volca... [más info]

Nejapa-Miraflores

(fissure vents 360 m / 1,181 ft)

Nejapa-Miraflores volcano is an alignment of fissure vents, maars and cinder cones extending from Lake Managua until the western part of Managua city.
About 40 eruptions have occurred from this system during the past 30,000 years, and the most recent one produced Asososca ... [más info]

Rota

(stratovolcano 832 m / 2,730 ft)

Rota (also known as Orota) volcano in Nicaragua is located between the more active Cerro Negro and Telica volcanoes in the central Marrabios Range. It is a symmetrical stratovolcano truncated by a 1 km wide circular crater.
There are no recent eruptions from Rota, and the c... [más info]

San Cristobal

(stratovolcano 1745 m / 5,725 ft)

San Cristobal volcano, also known as El Viejo, is the highest and one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. It is located near the northwest corner of the country near the city of Chinandega, 110 km WSW of the capital Managua.
San Cristobal has had frequent small to m... [más info]

Tambor Grande

(Caldera 648 m / 2126 ft)

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Telica

(Stratovolcano(es) 1061 m / 3,481 ft)

Telica volcano (image: GVP)

Telica, one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua, is a group of overlapping cones and craters on a broad NW line. The most prominent vent is a 700 m wide and 120 m deep double crater at the summit. Its southern summit crater has been the source of Telica's recent eruptions. ... [más info]

Volcán Azul

(cinder cones 201 m / 659 ft)

Volcán Azul (also known as Volcán Blue) a group of 3 cinder cones located on the Atlantic coastal plain of Nicaragua. The volcanic cones are in an area covered by dense rainforest and were discovered during an aerial survey in the 1960s.

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Zapatera

(shield volcano 629 m / 2,064 ft)

Zapatera volcano is a low shield volcano forming a 7 x 10 km wide densely forested island on the western part of Lake Nicaragua. The island is located opposite Mombacho volcano and separated by a narrow strait from the mainland.
Zapatera volcano... [más info]

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