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Volcán San Cristóbal

San Cristobal

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1745m
Last eruption
2024
Volcán San Cristóbal
Photo: Ryan Ballantyne --ryos 01:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Nicaragua
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1745m
Coordinates
12.702, -87.004
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The San Cristóbal volcanic complex, consisting of five principal volcanic edifices, forms the NW end of the Marrabios Range.

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From Wikipedia

San Cristóbal Volcano, also known by its aboriginal name Tepemesquián from the Nawat language, is the highest volcano in Nicaragua at 1,745 m (5,725 ft). Located near the northwest corner of the country, close to the border with Honduras, it forms a backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, in the department of Chinandega. It is also among the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua.

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Eruption history

38 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
35
Uncertain eruptions
3
Span of confirmed record
1528 (±1 yrs) – 2024
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (2017, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
31
Summary (VEI over time)
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1528~1578 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31578~1627 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1677~1726 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21925~1974 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11974~2024 · 32 eruptions · max VEI 315281627177618751974

Detailed timeline

  1. 2024VEI 1Observed
    2024-06-07 – 2024-06-07
  2. 2023VEI 1Observed
    2023-07-05 – 2023-07-05
  3. 2020VEI 2Observed
    2020-12-27 – 2022-06-26
  4. 2019VEI 1Observed
    2019-03-04 – 2019-03-04
  5. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-04-22 – 2018-04-22
    Summit crater
  6. 2017VEI 3Observed
    2017-08-18 – 2017-11-11
    Summit crater
  7. 2017VEI 1Observed
    2017-02-18 – 2017-04-19
    Summit crater
  8. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-04-22 – 2016-04-22
    Summit crater
  9. 2015VEI 2Observed
    2015-03-05 – 2015-06-12
    Summit crater
  10. 2014VEI 1Observed
    2014-07-20 – 2014-10-01
    Summit crater
  11. 2014VEI 1Observed
    2014-02-04 – 2014-04-12
    Summit crater
  12. 2013VEI 1Observed
    2013-06-07 – 2013-06-07
    Summit crater
  13. 2012VEI 2Observed
    2012-09-08 – 2012-09-15
    Summit crater
  14. 2012VEI 2Observed
    2012-12-26 – 2012-12-28
    Summit crater
  15. 2011VEI 1Observed
    2011-08-21 – 2011-10-23
    Summit crater
  16. 2010VEI 2Observed
    2010-06-09 – 2011-01-13
    Summit crater
  17. 2009VEI 2Observed
    2009-09-06 – 2009-12-26
  18. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-06-22 – 2008-08-05
  19. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-11-21 – 2008-11-21
  20. 2007VEI 1Observed
    2007-11-08 – end unknown
  21. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-11-13 – 2006-05-27
  22. 2004VEI 1Observed
    2004-12-03 – 2004-12-07
  23. 2003VEI 1Observed
    2003-06-17 – 2004-06-13
  24. 2002VEI 1Observed
    2002-05-29 – 2002-12-16
  25. 2001VEI 1Observed
    2001-05-11 – 2001-12-09
  26. 1999VEI 2Observed
    1999-05-01 – 2000-06-16
  27. 1997VEI 1Observed
    1997-05-19 – 1997-07-07
  28. 1987VEI ?Method not stated
    1987-11-16 – end unknown
  29. 1985VEI ?Method not stated
    1985-09-02 – end unknown
  30. 1977VEI 2Observed
    1977-10-16 – 1977-10-16
  31. 1976VEI 1Observed
    1976-03-09 – 1976-03-16
  32. 1976VEI 1Observed
    1976-08-29 – 1976-08-29
  33. 1971VEI 1Observed
    1971-05-03 – 1971-07-05
  34. 1685VEI 2Observed
    1685-08 – end unknown
  35. 1684VEI 2Observed
    1684-07 – end unknown
  36. 1680VEI 2Observed
    1680 – end unknown
  37. 1613VEI ?Method not stated
    1613 – end unknown
  38. 1528 (±1 yrs)VEI 3Observed
    1528 – end unknown

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