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Apastepeque Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 11:13 GMT -
volcanic field 700? m / 2,297 ft
El Salvador, 13.72°N / -88.77°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Apastepeque volcano is a young volcanic field 8 km north of San Vicente town in central El Salvador. The Volcanic features contains about 24 closely spaced cinder cones, lava flows, lava domes, and maars. The latter are now filled by lakes, such as Laguna de Apastepeque and Laguna Chalchuapán.

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Typical eruption style: effusive and explosive
Apastepeque volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 18, 05:38 pm (El Salvador)
Mar 18, 23:38 GMT
2.5

8 km
10.1 km (6.3 mi) to the W San Vicente, El Salvador, 7.9 km east of Cojutepeque, Cuscatlan Info

Background

The older vents in the volcanic field erupted andesitic-to-dacitic lava domes, sometimes following dacitic pumice eruptions. The younger vents formed basaltic cinder cones and phreatic and phreatomagmatic explosions left up to 100 m deep maars.

Latest satellite images

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