Nicaragua · Estratovolcán
Volcán Santa Clara
Telica
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- Altitud
- 1036 m
- Última erupción
- 2025

- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- País
- Nicaragua
- Región
- América Central y Caribe / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Altitud
- 1036 m
- Coordenadas
- 12.606, -86.840
- Última erupción
- 2025
- Contexto tectónico
- Zona de subducción / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
- Forma volcánica
- Compuesto
- Roca principal
- Basalto / Picrobasalto
Resumen geológico
Telica, one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes, has erupted frequently since the beginning of the Spanish era. This volcano group consists of several interlocking cones and vents with a general NW alignment. Sixteenth-century eruptions were reported at symmetrical Santa Clara volcano at the SW end of the group. However, its eroded and breached crater has been covered by forests throughout historical time, and these eruptions may have originated from Telica, whose upper slopes in contrast are unvegetated. The steep-sided cone of Telica is truncated by a 700-m-wide double crater; the southern crater, the source of recent eruptions, is 120 m deep. El Liston, immediately E, has several nested craters. The fumaroles and boiling mudpots of Hervideros de San Jacinto, SE of Telica, form a prominent geothermal area frequented by tourists, and geothermal exploration has occurred nearby.
Resumen de Wikipedia
Resumen en inglésTelica 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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Historial de erupciones
54 registradasGlosarioLínea de tiempo detallada
- 2026VEI ?Observado2026-01-02 – 2026-02-19
- 2025VEI 1Observado2025-01-11 – 2025-02-25
- 2025VEI 1Observado2025-07-14 – 2025-08-18
- 2021VEI 1Observado2021-04-21 – 2022-03-29
- 2020VEI 1Observado2020-07-20 – 2020-12-09
- 2018VEI 1Observado2018-06-21 – 2018-08-15Southern crater
- 2015VEI 2Observado2015-05-07 – 2015-05-28Telica crater
- 2015VEI 2Observado2015-09-23 – 2016-05-11Telica crater
- 2013VEI 1Observado2013-09-25 – 2013-09-25Telica crater
- 2011VEI 2Observado2011-03-07 – 2011-06-14Southern crater
- 2008VEI 1Observado2008-07-05 – 2008-07-05
- 2007VEI 1Método no indicado2007-06-12 – 2007-06-12
- 2007VEI 1Observado2007-10-28 – 2008-02-18
- 2006VEI 1Observado2006-08-04 – 2006-08-06
- 2006VEI 1Observado2006-12-11 – 2007-02-17
- 2004VEI 1Observado2004-03-31 – 2004-03-31
- 2004VEI 1Observado2004-11-05 – 2005-01-29
- 2002VEI 0Observado2002-10-17 – fin desconocido
- 2001VEI 1Observado2001-01-17 – 2001-12-19
- 1999VEI 2Observado1999-05-21 – 2000-09-06
- 1994VEI 2Observado1994-07-31 – 1994-08-12
- 1987VEI 1Observado1987-11-16 – 1987-11-16Vent in NE corner of crater
- 1981VEI 1Observado1981-02-16 – fin desconocido
- 1981VEI 2Observado1981-11-25 – 1982-03-02
- 1976VEI 1Observado1976-11-03 – 1978-01-16
- 1975VEI 0Observado1975-05-16 – 1976-03-16
- 1969VEI 2Observado1969-02-11 – 1971-12-16
- 1966VEI 1Observado1966-06-16 – 1966-06-16
- 1965VEI 1Observado1965-01-16 – 1965-01-28
- 1962VEI 1Observado1962-01-16 – 1962-01-16
- 1951VEI 2Observado1951-07-15 – 1951-10-15
- 1948VEI 2Observado1948-01-16 – 1948-01-16
- 1948VEI 2Observado1948-06-16 – 1949-11-16
- 1946VEI 2Observado1946-04-16 – 1946-08-16
- 1943VEI 2Observado1943-12-16 – 1944-04-16
- 1941VEI ?Método no indicado1941-07-02 – fin desconocido
- 1940VEI 2Observado1940-06-16 – 1940-10-16
- 1939VEI 2Observado1939-01-16 – 1939-06-16
- 1939VEI 2Observado1939-11-16 – 1939-11-16
- 1937VEI 2Observado1937-11-16 – 1938-08-16
- 1934VEI 2Observado1934-01-16 – fin desconocido
- 1929VEI 1Observado1929-01-16 – 1929-01-16
- 1928VEI 2Observado1928-07-02 – fin desconocido
- 1927VEI 2Observado1927-08-16 – 1927-11-16
- 1919VEI 2Método no indicado1919-10-26 – fin desconocido
- 1918VEI 2Método no indicado1918-01-16 – fin desconocido
- 1907VEI 2Observado1907-11-16 – fin desconocido
- 1791VEI ?Observado1791-01-24 – fin desconocido
- 1765VEI 2Observado1765 – fin desconocido
- 1743VEI 2Método no indicado1743-04 – fin desconocido
- 1685VEI 2Observado1685-08 – fin desconocido
- 1613VEI 2Observado1613 – fin desconocido
- 1529VEI 4Observado1529 – fin desconocido
- 1527VEI 3Observado1527 – fin desconocido
Volcanes cercanos
Enlaces externos
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