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Nicaragua · Stratovolcano

Telica

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1036m
Last eruption
2025
Telica
Photo: Lee Siebert (Smithsonian Institution) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Nicaragua
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1036m
Coordinates
12.606, -86.840
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Telica, one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes, has erupted frequently since the beginning of the Spanish era.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Telica is a stratovolcano, one of several volcanoes of the Nicaraguan volcanic front. It is located in Telica municipality, in the León department of Nicaragua, within the Volcán Telica Rota Natural Reserve.

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Eruption history

54 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
48
Uncertain eruptions
6
Span of confirmed record
1527 – 2025
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1529)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
42
Summary (VEI over time)
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1527~1577 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41577~1627 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21677~1727 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21727~1777 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21777~1826 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1876~1926 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21926~1976 · 20 eruptions · max VEI 21976~2026 · 24 eruptions · max VEI 215271627177718761976

Detailed timeline

  1. 2026VEI ?Observed
    2026-01-02 – 2026-02-19
  2. 2025VEI 1Observed
    2025-01-11 – 2025-02-25
  3. 2025VEI 1Observed
    2025-07-14 – 2025-08-18
  4. 2021VEI 1Observed
    2021-04-21 – 2022-03-29
  5. 2020VEI 1Observed
    2020-07-20 – 2020-12-09
  6. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-06-21 – 2018-08-15
    Southern crater
  7. 2015VEI 2Observed
    2015-05-07 – 2015-05-28
    Telica crater
  8. 2015VEI 2Observed
    2015-09-23 – 2016-05-11
    Telica crater
  9. 2013VEI 1Observed
    2013-09-25 – 2013-09-25
    Telica crater
  10. 2011VEI 2Observed
    2011-03-07 – 2011-06-14
    Southern crater
  11. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-07-05 – 2008-07-05
  12. 2007VEI 1Method not stated
    2007-06-12 – 2007-06-12
  13. 2007VEI 1Observed
    2007-10-28 – 2008-02-18
  14. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-08-04 – 2006-08-06
  15. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-12-11 – 2007-02-17
  16. 2004VEI 1Observed
    2004-03-31 – 2004-03-31
  17. 2004VEI 1Observed
    2004-11-05 – 2005-01-29
  18. 2002VEI 0Observed
    2002-10-17 – end unknown
  19. 2001VEI 1Observed
    2001-01-17 – 2001-12-19
  20. 1999VEI 2Observed
    1999-05-21 – 2000-09-06
  21. 1994VEI 2Observed
    1994-07-31 – 1994-08-12
  22. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-11-16 – 1987-11-16
    Vent in NE corner of crater
  23. 1981VEI 1Observed
    1981-02-16 – end unknown
  24. 1981VEI 2Observed
    1981-11-25 – 1982-03-02
  25. 1976VEI 1Observed
    1976-11-03 – 1978-01-16
  26. 1975VEI 0Observed
    1975-05-16 – 1976-03-16
  27. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-02-11 – 1971-12-16
  28. 1966VEI 1Observed
    1966-06-16 – 1966-06-16
  29. 1965VEI 1Observed
    1965-01-16 – 1965-01-28
  30. 1962VEI 1Observed
    1962-01-16 – 1962-01-16
  31. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-07-15 – 1951-10-15
  32. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-01-16 – 1948-01-16
  33. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-06-16 – 1949-11-16
  34. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-04-16 – 1946-08-16
  35. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-12-16 – 1944-04-16
  36. 1941VEI ?Method not stated
    1941-07-02 – end unknown
  37. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-06-16 – 1940-10-16
  38. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-01-16 – 1939-06-16
  39. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11-16 – 1939-11-16
  40. 1937VEI 2Observed
    1937-11-16 – 1938-08-16
  41. 1934VEI 2Observed
    1934-01-16 – end unknown
  42. 1929VEI 1Observed
    1929-01-16 – 1929-01-16
  43. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-07-02 – end unknown
  44. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-08-16 – 1927-11-16
  45. 1919VEI 2Method not stated
    1919-10-26 – end unknown
  46. 1918VEI 2Method not stated
    1918-01-16 – end unknown
  47. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-11-16 – end unknown
  48. 1791VEI ?Observed
    1791-01-24 – end unknown
  49. 1765VEI 2Observed
    1765 – end unknown
  50. 1743VEI 2Method not stated
    1743-04 – end unknown
  51. 1685VEI 2Observed
    1685-08 – end unknown
  52. 1613VEI 2Observed
    1613 – end unknown
  53. 1529VEI 4Observed
    1529 – end unknown
  54. 1527VEI 3Observed
    1527 – end unknown

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