Malpaisillo Volcano
Updated: Mar 29, 2024 14:53 GMT -
Pyroclastic shield 181 m / 594 ft
Nicaragua, 12.58°N / -86.6°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Nicaragua, 12.58°N / -86.6°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Malpaisillo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Mar 28, 01:52 am (Managua) Mar 28, 07:52 GMT | 1.4 11 km | 14 km (8.9 mi) to the NW | Nicaragua, 38 km northeast of Leon, Leon | Info | |
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 26, 07:34 am (Managua) Mar 26, 13:34 GMT | 2.3 5 km | 25 km (16 mi) to the E | Leon, Nicaragua, 48 km north of Managua, Managua | Info | |
Friday, March 22, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 22, 07:21 am (Managua) Mar 22, 13:21 GMT | 1.5 5 km | 20 km (13 mi) to the SE | Leon, Nicaragua, 46 km northwest of Managua, Managua | Info | |
Monday, March 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 18, 08:35 am (Managua) Mar 18, 14:35 GMT | 1.5 10 km | 14 km (8.5 mi) to the SW | 0 Km al sureste de Volcán Cerro Negro, Nicaragua | Info | |
Thursday, March 28, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Mar 28, 04:39 am (Managua) Mar 28, 10:39 GMT | 0.9 2 km | 24 km (15 mi) to the W | Nicaragua, 20 km north of Leon, Leon | Info |
Background
A large but topographically indistinct pyroclastic shield volcano lies in the Nicaraguan depression at Malpaisillo, NE of Las Pilas volcano and NNW of Momotombo volcano. The 10-km-wide Malpaisillo caldera, also known as Cerro el Chúcaro, forms a flat plain on the floor of the graben that contrasts dramatically with surrounding extensively dissected dacitic airfall and ignimbrite deposits. These deposits extend across the graben east of the Marrabios Range and reach into Lake Managua to the SE. They also crop out west and south of the Marrabios Range. A K-Ar age of 0.46 million years was obtained from the Malpaisillo deposit.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information